凱洛琳‧賓恩斯: 在無花果中真的有死黃蜂嗎？

在無花果中真的有死黃蜂嗎？

2023 年，美國的一家雜貨商回收了超過一萬箱花椰菜起司湯，原因是擔心它們含有過多未預期的成分。什麼成分？蟲蟲。我們知道昆蟲經常會接觸我們的食物——但你實際上吃掉了多少量？會不會怎麼樣？凱洛琳‧賓恩斯要帶大家來看看無花果以及它們與黃蜂之間明顯的密切關係。

導演：丹尼斯‧史波利塔克
旁白：亞歷山卓‧潘澤
音樂：山姆‧米西里歐格魯

Insects are a routine part of our food system, sometimes showing up in unexpected places like broccoli-cheddar soup or inside figs. The relationship between figs and wasps spans millions of years, but most store-bought figs today contain no wasps at all. Even so, the FDA allows a surprisingly high number of insect fragments in processed foods, and people worldwide unknowingly consume about a kilogram of insects each year. This accidental entomophagy poses no harm and even offers nutritional benefits.