Why You Should Think Twice Before You Order Fast Food Ice Cream - Mashed

We know that, in most cases, eating an insect or two isn't going to harm you. In fact, in some cases, eating the right insects can be pretty beneficial, since insects provide a calorie-dense, nutritious source of complete proteins and are far more environmentally friendly than other protein sources like beef. Even if you're not actively trying to eat some creepy-crawlies, though, chances are good that you likely are, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allows a certain amount of insect bits that unavoidably making their way into common food products such as chocolate, tomato products like pizza sauce, and pasta before it will take action.

All that said ... just because eating insects is beneficial to your health and you probably are eating a few, unknowingly, throughout your daily life, many folks would not willingly chow down on a cricket or a housefly. However, according to one prior Sonic employee who took to Reddit, that's exactly what you might be doing when you order fast food ice cream. The employee reported that, at the end of the summer, when they finally, for the first time that season, cleaned out one particular part of their ice cream machine, they found not just mold, but also a friendly little fly.

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