Fried starch toothpicks, Korea’s dangerous food trend | DW News
Cooking up starch toothpicks has become a viral recipe trend on social media platforms in South Korea Creators are sharing how they deep-fry the toothpicks before tossing them in seasoning like cheeseor ‘spicy’ powders.
The food fad has South Korea’s health ministry worried It issued a warning saying the products should not be eaten. The toothpicks are made
from sweet potato or corn starch, but they aren’t regulated like food, making them unsafe to eat.
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7 comments
La narrazione qui è un ottovolante di emozioni: dalle risate all'introspezione.💕
The Power of SDGs & DEI. 🤭
I've been deep frying my used dental floss.
Tastes bad, but it's really cheap.
Why would anyone want to eat toothpicks and how did they come up with this idea in the first place? 🤷 Not trying to be disrespectful. I am just genuinely curious.
And USA has Pop Rocks are they real rock 🪨
Eating fried plastic….. What could possibly go wrong? 🤔
Thought they were wiggling roundworms😅