The "Fried green toothpick" which went viral following a social media trend. A peculiar food trend took over social media in South Korea, featuring videos of people eating deep-fried toothpicks shaped ...

Following the trend of starch-shaped fried toothpicks becoming popular on social media, the Food Ministry of South Korea issued a health advisory advising people not to consume the delicacy. Thousands ...

A health warning from South Korea’s food ministry has urged people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries, after the practice went viral in social media posts.

"Their safety as food has not been verified," the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said in a posting on Wednesday on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. "Please do not eat (them)." A ...