The disgusting reason why you should soak your strawberries in salt water

Who hasn't seen or heard of these strange stories of people finding disgusting things in their fruits: spiders in bananas or disgusting worms in pasta packages. Even strawberries are not spared from creepy-crawlies. We'll tell you how to spot and remove them.

Although insects and worms look disgusting, they are a common finding in fruits that are organically grown, because nature is filled with these tiny creatures. Therefore, finding insects in your fruits are actually a sign that they were not sprayed with pesticides! However, you should definitely avoid eating them, and here is the best way to enjoy your fruits worm-free.

They are often a disgusting surprise

Before you bite into your strawberries without thinking ahead, you should remember all the disgusting things you can eventually find in fruits. Unless you don't care, then of course you can just bite without worrying! But be careful, your strawberries should be thoroughly washed beforehand.

And by thoroughly, we don't just mean briefly holding them under a stream of water, but an actual salt water bath. What started as another viral TikTok trend actually turned out to be a useful trick to avoid getting sick. Several people have shared videos of what came out of their strawberries after soaking them in salt water, and the results are quite disgusting!

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Soak your strawberries in a salt water bath

Each video from the viral trend shows people putting their strawberries in salt water for several minutes. Nothing happens at first, but Merkur says 'a delicate wriggling begins after a few minutes'.

Small worms, after the strawberries rested in the salt water for about 30 minutes, can now be seen in the video, almost as small as larvae. You can watch the video at your own risk!

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Finding larvae is not unusual and completely normal

According to Merkur, finding insects and larvae in organically grown fruits is completely normal, and a sign of healthy fruits.

Of course, the more natural the fruits were grown, the more insects are to be expected - after all, even in plums or raspberries from the garden you can often find small maggots, worms.

But if you really want to avoid these little worms when eating them, from now on you'd better soak the red fruits in salt water!

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This article has been translated from Gentside DE.

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