Get ready to be grossed out.
Jars of peanut butter contain insect fragments and rodent hair.
According to the FDA, peanut butter can have 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams and one or more rodent hairs for every 100 grams.
So, an 18-ounce jar has 510 grams, meaning that every jar is allowed to have 150-plus insect fragments and five or more rodent hairs.
On average, the estimated calories in restaurant food have 100 more calories than they claim.
A recent study out of Tufts University found that 20% of foods with listed caloric values are actually 100 calories or more than what was stated on the menu.
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Packaged meat is often injected with salt water to "plump it up."
Out of all packaged meats, roughly 30% of poultry, 15% of beef, and 90% of pork are injected with a water solution to make them appear fuller. Luckily, the USDA is working to get those additives put on labels next year.
Babies would need to eat double the amount of manufactured baby food to get the same nutrients as a homemade meal offers.
A study by the University of Glasgow found that most manufactured baby foods — including those by Cow & Gate, Heinz, and Ella's Kitchen — have much fewer nutrients than homemade meals. Additionally, many contain excess sugar, and babies would need to eat twice as much to get the same amount of energy and protein that meals prepped at home offer.
