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I think i may have accidentally eaten a bug that was in the brown sugar. i don't know though. i made homemade baked donuts and as i may eating a second, i noticed little black things in it. i stopped eating, of course. in the first one, i avoided t?

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Dr. Lori Lange answered

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Its OK: Sometimes ingredients can get contaminated. If the donut was fried you eliminated any bacterial contamination. If you did eat a small insect that type of ingestion usually causes no problems. Throw out the sugar and or flour ingredients if they appear to be old or not look right.

Answered 7/31/2017

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A member asked:

I think i may have accidentally eaten a bug that was in the brown sugar. i don't know though. i made homemade baked donuts and as i may eating a second, i noticed little black things in it. i stopped eating, of course. in the first one, i avoided t?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Lori Lange answered

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