Stop frying toothpicks and eating them, South Korea tells Mukbang influencers
Stop frying toothpicks and eating them, South Korea tells Mukbang influencers

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Stop frying toothpicks and eating them, South Korea tells Mukbang influencers

They're made of starch. It's like people eating those corn starch packing peanuts over here. The toothpicks are edible, though probably not made in a facility with food grade standards.
Ohhh, so it's basically unofficial wagon wheels, not hard wood. That explains the picture
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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