our business reporter, ben king, has more. this is crystal bar, a vape made by the chinese company ske. # and she said i wish that i could # be like the cool kids #. in less than two years they have become the second biggest vape seller in the uk, selling over 100 million disposable vapes a year, promoted on social media such as tiktok and instagram. ske has been giving away its crystal bar vapes on discord s instant messaging app, which has lots of users who are under 18. now, we entered one of those giveaways. here is the vape they sent us. it s vimbull ice flavour. i had to say i was over 18 but nothing was done to verify that and when i raised the issue with ske, it took most of its social media accounts down. we are in a review process at the moment and we are looking to relaunch them with a local social media company that has a little a bit more of an understanding of the local laws, the local customs. so one of the videos i saw on your accounts had a crystal bar being opened to
A Reddit user shared a shocking revelation that he made while cooking rice. He discovered the source of the fried flavour in his rice, and it was quite disgusting.
i m terrified about what i m going to find inside. well, i can talk you through it. alright. so, what have we got in here? so, you ve got sweet potato, butternut squash, cricket, a bit of yellow mealworm and there s a buffalo insect as well, which is the larvae of a lesser mealworm. go ahead. if you want to have a try, go for it. you re chucking me in at the deep end with this one, aren t you? right, i m going for it, and i love pakora, so. 0h, fantastic. all right. quite a lot to live up to then. the buffalo worms are quite a subtle, almost like toasted rice flavour, the mealworms have this really sort of nutty sort of different kind of flavour, and the crickets, some people think taste like mushroom, some say white chocolate. mmm, that s really nice. a bit spicy! if i didn t know. no, the spice is amazing. but obviously i know the ingredients and i can see my little bug friends in there, but i wouldn t necessarily know that i m eating an insect based thing. yeah, that s the sort of t
an underutilised resource. millions are being invested in insect farms worldwide, and sarah and her husband and chef andy are making the most of this growing industry. right. so, i ve got to admit, andy, i ve never tried bug based food before. not to my knowledge, anyway. i m sure i ve obviously eaten a few flies in my time. i m terrified about what i m going to find inside. well, i can talk you through it. alright. so, what have we got in here? so, you ve got sweet potato, butternut squash, cricket, a bit of yellow mealworm and there s a buffalo insect as well, which is the larvae of a lesser mealworm. go ahead. if you want to have a try, go for it. you re chucking me in at the deep end with this one, aren t you? right, i m going for it, and i love pakora, so. 0h, fantastic. alright. quite a lot to live up to then. the buffalo worms are quite a subtle, almost like toasted rice flavour, the mealworms have this really sort of nutty sort of different kind of flavour, and the crickets,