The New Food Trend: Edible Bugs

The New Food Trend: Edible Bugs

How Many Licks?

A U.S. firm presented a transparent lollipop with an insect larva inside at Europe's largest food fair in Paris in 1996. A representative for Hotlix, a Texas food supplier, claims that kids like to show them to other kids and treat it like a dare, but also claim that they are full of nutrition and good to eat. Hotlix also markets small packets of similar dried insect larva with cheese flavouring sold as a quick snack.

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