Chocolate, coffee, beer and other foods contain surprising amounts of insects

An insect control company, Terro, calculated that on average, humans consume nearly 130,000 insect fragments found in coffee, over 90,000 bug bits in wheat flour, nearly 6,000 insect fragments in chocolate, and over 1,600 whole insects in frozen packages of broccoli.

Slimy, yet satisfying.

Overall, we could be consuming up to 140,000 bits of insect with our food and drink. Terro based this info on the allowable maximums provided by the Food and Drug Administration.

Just like a certain level of lead is to be expected in your food because it cannot be 100% eliminated — it would cost more than feasible to attempt to eliminate the creepy critters completely. The “allowable” levels are the maximum number of bugs that present no harm to humans.

Some of the bugs include mealworms, roaches, grubs, thrips, and even maggots. Aside from being delicacies on shows like “Fear Factor,” bugs are actually consumed all over the world. Beetles being the most common, but also insect eggs, grasshoppers, and even termites.

To make matters worse, rodent hair, rodent and insect excrement, and insect larvae can also be found in your food. Delicious.