The Grossest Bugs You Don’t Know You’re Eating

Find out which foods contain the most bugs and how to avoid eating them.

By Emily Main

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If you've eaten canned corn then you've probably eaten Corn Earworm

Corn Ear Worms

Corn is notoriously difficult to grow organically, being that it’s so prone to insect infestations. But in most cases, it’s easy to avoid eating the earworms that burrow into corncobs and eat the silk—just cut the kernels off the cob, and voilà! Bug-free veggies. However, canned sweet corn will come with some extra crunch from all the larvae, skins, and skin fragments allowed by the FDA.

Photo: (cc) R.L. Croissant

Read More: Grow Your Own Corn

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