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One of the simpler food myths, it is said that the "candy coating" on M&Ms is made up of dyed cockroach shell, possibly due to the fact that Mars, Inc., which manufactures the candies, does not release the secret recipe for them. As such, this cannot be 100% disproven without extensive forensics research, but needless to say it probably wouldn't have gotten past the FDA if it actually contained cockroach.

In later studies, scientists found out that cockroaches are attracted to cocoa beans the same way ants are attracted to sugar. FDA approves 60 insect pieces per 100 grams, one rat hair, and 9 mg per one pound rat "poop". Which means, excluding the rat hair and "poop", the average chocolate bar contains 8 insect pieces. M&Ms have a decent chance of having dyed cockroach shell. If not, it still has coackroach pieces in its inner layer. For information on "chocolate has cockroaches", you can look at FDA's rules here. https://www.fda.gov/media/71809/download

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