Finding something unpredicted in your lunch can be disturbing—especially when it looks like a cluster of tiny brown balls on your lettuce.
It might be amazing, but sometimes you may even look for insect eggs in salad. If you’ve stumbled upon something similar while eating out or prepping greens at home, here’s what you need to know.
What Are Those Tiny Brown Balls in Your Salad?
It’s possible that those tightly packed, perfectly round tiny spheres are insect eggs rather than food.
More precisely, they look like the eggs of an insect that feeds on leaves, such as a stink bug.
Lettuce and other leafy greens are frequently used as carriers for insect eggs in salads because these insects lay their eggs in precise patterns, frequently on the underside of leaves.
Are They Dangerous?
Insect eggs are generally not harmful if consumed by accident, but they are most clearly not intended for human consumption. The handling of food and cleanliness are the larger issues. Their presence raises the possibility that bug eggs were left in salads because the greens were not properly cleaned or inspected before serving.
Here’s what to do if you discover something similar in your food, particularly at a salad bar or restaurant:
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