Thanks to TikTok, now we know there are bugs in our strawberries

Thanks to TikTok, now we know there are bugs in our strawberries

A Tik Tok user is drawing praise online after sharing her “hack” for cleaning fruit — and the “gross” reason it’s necessary.The video, posted by Seleste Radcliffe, shows what can happen when someone uses saltwater...to clean a store-bought package of strawberries.Radcliffe, who demonstrates the rinsing method in her clip.quickly explains its importance: Salt, as it turns out, helps draw out the bugs.The realization that there are often tiny bugs living inside strawberries...came as an unfortunate surprise to both Radcliffe and many of her followers.During growing, harvesting and packaging, bugs find their way into all kinds of food according to the Scientific American.The tiny creatures are actually relatively common in many items:.For example, canned juices can possibly contain one maggot for every 250 milliliters.Those facts didn’t stop TikTok users from sharing their disgust though.“Never eating strawberries again,” one user wrote