OddFed@feddit.de to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoStop frying toothpicks and eating them, South Korea tells Mukbang influencerswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down14
arrow-up1122arrow-down1external-linkStop frying toothpicks and eating them, South Korea tells Mukbang influencerswww.businessinsider.comOddFed@feddit.de to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoIs it wood starch or some sort of foam?
minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-28 months agoSweet potato or corn starch. So it’s perfectly edible, other than they aren’t produced as food and aren’t made to that standard
minus-squaresleepydragn1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoFrom the article: Most toothpicks in South Korea are made of sweet potato or corn starch instead of wood. Their green color comes from the food coloring that is applied in the manufacturing process.
Is it wood starch or some sort of foam?
Sweet potato or corn starch.
So it’s perfectly edible, other than they aren’t produced as food and aren’t made to that standard
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