Video clips showing people consuming the deep-fried starch toothpicks with seasoning such as powdered cheese have racked up thousands of likes and shares on TikTok and Instagram.
A health warning from South Korea’s food ministry has urged people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries, after the practice went viral in social media posts.
Video clips showing people consuming the deep-fried starch toothpicks with seasoning such as powdered cheese have racked up thousands of likes and shares on TikTok and Instagram.
“Their safety as food has not been verified,” the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said in a posting on Wednesday on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “Please do not eat (them).”
Wait but they’re made of starch?
Yeah, they’re pretty interesting as far as toothpicks go. They shatter pretty easy and melt if you leave them in your mouth. They work, but not as well as your standard wooden pick.
Sweet potato starch that Koreans have used forever to make noodles.
So are they actually even toothpicks?
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Yes, but maybe also other things you shouldn’t eat.