<p>Have you ever wondered what exactly made Hot Cheetos flamin' and hot? The folks over at <em>Wired</em> can fill you in. Apparently, without these ingredients, the Cheetos would look like whitish worms. Our squeamishness over bugs may put some of us off Cheetos for awhile, but that mindset could also be preventing us from harvesting the sustainable protein that insects offer to a rapidly growing world population.</p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div><p><a href="http://www.wired.com/2016/04/whats-inside-flamin-hot-cheetos/" title=""><strong>What's Inside Flamin' Hot Cheetos? </strong><em><strong>Probably</strong></em><strong> Something Spicy</strong></a><strong> </strong>– Wired</p><p><a href="http://luckypeach.com/are-insects-the-future-of-food/" title=""><strong>Are Insects the Future of Food?</strong></a><strong> </strong>– Lucky Peach</p><div data-embedid="4b651d8f-ea11-445f-9ea7-e776ca36eef3" id="insticator-embed-temp"></div>

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Have you ever wondered what exactly made Hot Cheetos flamin' and hot? The folks over at Wired can fill you in. Apparently, without these ingredients, the Cheetos would look like whitish worms. Our squeamishness over bugs may put some of us off Cheetos for awhile, but that mindset could also be preventing us from harvesting the sustainable protein that insects offer to a rapidly growing world population. What's Inside Flamin' Hot Cheetos? Probably Something Spicy – Wired Are Insects the Future of Food? – Lucky Peach

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