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Your Morning Coffee May Have a Disturbing Ingredient, and an FDA Study Says It’s Allowed

Your morning cup of joe probably contains microscopic insect fragments, and federal food regulators consider that completely normal. According to the National Coffee Association's (NCA) National Coffee Data Trends report, roughly 66% of American adults drink coffee every single day, powering through about 2.25 billion cups worldwide.

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Your morning cup of joe probably contains microscopic insect fragments, and federal food regulators consider that completely normal.

According to the National Coffee Association's (NCA) National Coffee Data Trends report, roughly 66% of American adults drink coffee every single day, powering through about 2.25 billion cups worldwide.

It is our daily fuel, our comfort blanket, and our favorite morning routine.

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Your morning cup of joe probably contains microscopic insect fragments, and federal food regulators consider that completely normal. According to the National Coffee Association's (NCA) National Coffee Data Trends report, roughly 66% of American adults drink coffee every single day, powering through about 2.25 billion cups worldwide. It is our daily fuel, our comfort blanket, and our favorite morning routine.

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