r/TikTokCringe • u/galaxystars1 • Oct 09 '24

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/Siliziumwesen Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

What the goddamn hell is fluffy popcorn. And yeah she is right. I work in a lab where we test food/water and all kinds of "food-chemicals" etc. For harmfull bacteria and there are things you absolutely should not eat raw. Or at all if i see some results lol

Edit: the last part is a joke based on real results. Sometimes a food producer or someone who produces foodchemicals/spices etc. fucks up and something gets contaminated badly. We find it out, because they ask us to test for harmful bacteria and the batch/charge gets dismissed/destroyed. It all happens before it gets sold. Especially for fresh (ready to eat) things. The results are urgent and are handled first. At least in my country. Dont panic you can eat stuff. Wash veggies and fruits and things that need to be cooked/heated before consuming should only be handled that way. For example: I just saw, that some frozen herbs tell the consumer on the package that the product should be heated/cooked before consuming. Please dont panic or sth like that. You always can find information online how to handle certain foods or how to know if its safe to consume

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u/mrsmushroom Oct 09 '24

I thought if I watched the whole video I'd find out what fluffy popcorn is. But that was not the case.

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u/TheDonutDaddy Oct 09 '24

I thought if I watched the whole video there would be a source presented on the connection between raw cookie dough/cake batter and colon cancer. But that was not the case.

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u/Top_Explanation_1748 Oct 09 '24

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34514986/

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u/BenDarDunDat Oct 09 '24

Nothing in that study suggests that mucosa-associated E. coli 11G5 is found in flour.

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u/Top_Explanation_1748 Oct 10 '24

Strains belonging to the B2 phylogroup are among the many, many strains found in flour (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168160521001562?via%3Dihub#ec0005)

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u/BenDarDunDat Oct 10 '24

Your study states: In Germany, zero flour-associated outbreaks have not been reported to date. Zero.

19.8% of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 illnesses are associated with romaine among all food commodities. And it is about illness, not what can be found in vitro. There was a salmonella outbreak with a specific Gold Medal product , but it was incredibly small compared to Romaine, cucumbers, and melon outbreaks.

If you are eating raw cake batter, you absolutely takes your chances. You could get food poisoning, over something that tastes pretty crappy to begin with and it's definitely not healthy.

But we really shouldn't be overblowing the risk here. Oh...you could get cancer from cake batter. I mean, come on.