Warning – after this message you will not want to eat strawberries for a long time. We therefore warn you: If you just brought the first strawberries with you from the market, your appetite could go away. Because then we should have bought a few blind passengers …
What's the matter? The origin of the current strawberry disgust lies in a video challenge that has just become independent on TikTok. It shows what should happen if you soak fresh strawberries in salt water for half an hour before eating them. Let’s put it this way: we can’t make up our minds whether we would have loved to see the recordings or would rather have eaten worms unconsciously all our lives…
Where do the worms in the strawberries come from?
Yes, that's right: after a short exposure time, the strawberries still look normal at first glance. However, if you go closer, something seems to be moving in the water. Tiny white worms snake out of the strawberries.
It does not seem to be an isolated case, because there are now countless videos of this kind circulating on the Internet. At the same time, experts speak up: The worms are supposed to be the larvae. Only if it is that of millipedes or fruit flies, one is still undecided.
Either way: The eggs should be placed in the strawberry and then develop inside. They cannot be seen with the naked eye even when picking. Salt removes water so that the larvae fear dehydration – and quickly find a way out of the strawberry.
However, the experts from the USA Today, NY Post and The Sun agree on one thing: The animals should not be dangerous. Rather, they show that it is a natural product – that we just have to share with other living beings.
If you want to be sure, wash your strawberries in salt water for 30 minutes in the future. Then the animals should have sunk to the ground anyway. Or you can quickly replace the video – and just enjoy the extra portion of protein …