Are There Bugs in Your Strawberries? Let's Find Out!
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Are there bugs in strawberries? Should you soak your strawberries in salt water? I wanted to test out the viral TikTok sensation has any truth to it. But even the idea of bugs or worms in your strawberries is pretty gross isn't it?
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Here's what you do to find out
Fill a bowl with water, at room temperature, pour in a lot of sea salt (about five large spoonfuls), put her strawberries in, and then wait for about 30 minutes.
Are there bugs floating around in the water? If so, where did these worms come from? They are the offspring of a type of fruit fly called the Spotted Wing Drosophila (or SWD), which is pretty common.
Cornell University reported that this fly is most attracted to berries such as raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries. The SWD is notable because it lays eggs inside fresh fruit, often before harvest, instead of overripe or rotting fruit, which its cousins prefer.
How to clean your strawberries
Even if there aren't any worms in your berries, there are pesticides on fruit and vegetables. A 10% salt solution is a good way to wash it off.
Some recommend cold water while others think warm water is best since salt dissolves faster in warmer water. Just be sure to rinse them thoroughly afterwards, or else your strawberries will taste salty.
Most important also is to LET THEM DRY thoroughly before you put them in the fridge.
The hard truth is we all eat bugs but we just don't know it. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has limits on the amounts of bugs food can contain, but items like broccoli, canned tomatoes, or even beer hops contain "insect fragments" (such as heads, body parts, and legs) or even whole insects (via Scientific American).
If you want peace of mind, you can start soaking your strawberries (and all of your produce) in salt water, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to eliminate bugs 100%. NO. Sorry. But luckily they won't hurt you.
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HOW TO KEEP BERRIES FRESH LONGER
Now, how to keep berries fresh, The secret to extending the life of fresh berries? White Vinegar. Check out these step by step directions.
Once you bring your fresh berries home, the key to keeping it fresh is to kill any spores on the fruit. The pH of vinegar will do that.
Place the berries in a large bowl and wash them in a vinegar-water bath: 1 cup of white vinegar and 8 cups of water.
Let the berries sit in the vinegar-water bath, gently moving them to help dislodge any dirt, grime and letting the vinegar kill spores and bacteria.
Drain the berries in a colander and then thoroughly rinse the fruit (to remove any vinegar flavor).
Dry on a paper towel. We recommend a paper towel because berries will stain regular towels.
Store the washed and dried fruit in a sealed container that has been lined with paper towels - if using an air-tight container, leave the lid slightly open to avoid natural moisture build-up. When I handle fruit I have purchased from my grocery store, I wash the original container and then re-use it, making sure to line it with paper towels.
Is it bad that I don’t care? Like if anything it’s extra protein. 😂😂
I am soooo glad there was no bugs I'm still going to clean mine very well but I was so grossed out thinking this was a normal thing that bugs were inside strawberries I've eaten over the years! >.
I know I've eaten bugs without realizing it (several) but I'll spare you the story. I don't want to ruin any fruit or vegetables for anyone. They're so good for us.
There not harmful just make ppl uncomfortable
I just did this with baking soda and water… and a couple of LIVE bugs started crawling around. WASH THEM ALL. Not every batch may have them, but please after what I just saw you need to wash
No they're not.
@Ghost-zc2fi yessss, i put a batch in salt water, but they are small. You need to stand & watch & you will definitely see them. They arent in every berry or batch but this batch had lots! It made me stop eating strawberries for almost 3 yrs until i did apples & those worms are way bigger than the berries. They are on everything.🤷♀️
Hey, I wanted to report back to you! I did some research on my own and found that it is *best* to do this BEFORE you are going to use the strawberries instead of when you get them home from the store. They will get yucky if you do them all at once as soon as you get them home. This is because the added moisture will cause the fruit to start breaking down. Instead anyone trying this, use this trick before you use your berries, so they stay fresh longer of course the vinegar will help with that too! If you’re reluctant to eat berries for this reason, I highly consider buying Organic where you have less pesticides. I have yet to see a bug in my strawberries 🤞🏼 I have seen them in regular (not organic) raspberries. This trick with vinegar or salt water really works. With vinegar you want 4 part water and 1 part vinegar-you will not have to worry about your berries tasting vinegar-y. 😊
Idk ever since I found that out a couple of years ago ...I had STOPPED eating it!!!
NO! Just wash it and it's good. Who can give up fresh strawberries ❤️
you can find bugs in any type of food. The FDA allows a certain amount of bug parts in food because its more expensive to completely remove the bugs. I guess you're just gonna starve then.
Bigger and white opaque bowls. You can soak them better and see the impurities and bugs right away.
I’m so grossed out by those TikTok videos I can’t eat them anymore… since the FDA issued a recall on Strawberries this week, I tried this experiment with the ones in my fridge and didn’t find any bugs but I only waited about 10 minutes.. ugh some things you just can’t unsee ☹️ I stopped eating apples for this reason too. So gross 😣
How about telling us how much longer strawberries last treating them that way as opposed to naturally
If people feel this grossed about berries or produce in general if they only knew about chocolate lol
What do you mean exactly 😩
They’re too small to see like that
I'm a vegetarian, do I stop eating fruit?
No, it's normal. We've all eaten bugs and dirt. We just don't usually think about it. I'm kind of glad this trend passed and if you know me, I've got to try it...
Vinegar smells HORRID but so USEFUL 4 SO MANY DIFF THINGS!!!
It's true, it stinks! Luckily the smell doesn't last but not my favorite!
You need a microscope to see the bugs
In that case I’m happy I 🍓 wash them first.
I don’t care, they are still there. I’m terrified of bugs…even microscopic ones. I know they’re important, but I wish most of them would be annihilated. I’m just frozen looking at these raspberries
@@HMMC101 Raspberries? Are you that R-tarded?
Lyk Vid is Glitching at beginning
Thanks for the heads up, let me go check on it now
Will this work for any berry? I’m petrified to try this….Thank you for your helpful, yet disgusting video
Just got my answer! Sorry, was still watching the video!
I never follow USDA they have leniency I don't agree with
What I am gonna sub
Can’t eat strawberries since I found out about the bugs 🫢
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Nice! Do you have a link to it? We want to see it too.