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Product Consumed

Allowable Insect Parts by FDA

Cherries

4% insect by count

Citrus fruit juice

2 larvae per 250 ml

Chopped dates

5 dead insects per 100 g

Wheat flour

75 insect fragments per 50 g

Peanut butter

30 insect fragments per 100 g

Golden raisins

10 or more whole equivalent insects per 100 g

Tomato juice

2 maggots per 100 g

Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian (both of whom we suspect are mathematically challenged) were sitting around one day discussing how many insect parts, fragments and whole insects they had eaten for breakfast. Everything is a competition with these two! Paris had a bowl of golden raisins( 50 g) with chopped dates(75 g) along with some OJ to wash it all down (100 ml). Ms. Kardashian had a breakfast consisting of a peanut butter sandwich (50 g) and 50 g of bread. Her beverage of choice was 50 ml of tomato juice. Your job is to figure out which lady had the most insect parts in her breakfast:   8 points.

Paris and Kim’s Awesome Breakfast:

Paris

Kim

Food Consumed

Number insect parts

Food Consumed

Number insect parts

Total insect parts              ___________________          Total Insect parts      ______________________

Product Consumed

Allowable Insect Parts by FDA

Cherries

4% insect by count

Citrus fruit juice

2 larvae per 250 ml

Chopped dates

5 dead insects per 100 g

Wheat flour

75 insect fragments per 50 g

Peanut butter

30 insect fragments per 100 g

Golden raisins

10 or more whole equivalent insects per 100 g

Tomato juice

2 maggots per 100 g

Explanation / Answer

Paris Hilton

Golden Raisins 50g

10 insects per 100g

So 50g contains 5 insects

Chopped Dates 75g

5 dead insects, per 100g

So 75*5/100 = 3.75 insects

OJ 100ml

2 larve per 250ml

So, 2*100/250 = 0.8 insects

Pais Hilton has Total insects = 10+5+.8=15.8

Peanut butter Sandwich 50g

30 insect segment per 100g

So 50g contains 15 insect segments

Bread 50g

75 insect fragments per50 g

Tomato Juice 50ml

2 maggots per 100 g

So if density of tomato juice is assumed to be 1, 50 g tomato juice = 50 ml tomato juice

hence 2 maggot per 100 ml

Total insects - 15+75+2= 92

Kim has total 92 insect parts

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