2006-12-09 12:54:32 · 7 answers · asked by cloudyskies 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
no, where did you hear that?
Its true that various fruits and vegetables do contain traces of insect parts, there are actually regulations on how much insect is allowed per volume per food.
I guess if there is a pest that attacks figs and that pest has a parasitoid predator that happens to be a wasp, and they get mulched up into cookies, then yeah its possible, but these things wont appear in the ingredients.......and most of the rumors about this kind of stuff is all just speculation, and usually not factual!
2006-12-09 13:00:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the link below you may find all you would wish to know about wasps and figs.
In short, fig wasps are found in inedible figs, or caprifigs, and Fig Newtons are made from edible figs, which have a different flower structure which prevents fig wasps from laying eggs there.
2006-12-09 21:20:13 · answer #2 · answered by Ron E 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Urban myth alert! Sorry, no, but that doesn't mean that the FDA has not allowed some entomological contaminates into the cookies either.
2006-12-09 20:58:54 · answer #3 · answered by DJ 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I certainly hope not. I doubt it though, sounds like an urban legend to me.
2006-12-09 21:02:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, unless accidentally added in the cooking process
2006-12-13 11:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by landlubber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-09 20:57:41 · answer #6 · answered by October 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no.
2006-12-09 21:02:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋