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He Wanted to Give an "Acid Taste" to His Dishes: the Restaurant Uses Almost 50,000 Ants as a Garnish for His Desserts, His Michelin Starry Establishment Condemned

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A Michelin two-star restaurant was fined for using ants as a dessert topping, in violation of the Food Hygiene Act. Ants, imported from the United States and the United States, were fined...

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A Michelin two-star restaurant was fined for using ants as a dessert topping, in violation of the Food Hygiene Act. Ants, imported from the United States and the United States, were fined...

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The two-star Evett restaurant in Seoul was fined 10 million won for using ants as an ornament for desserts, and the owner of the establishment was fined 15 million won ($10,000,965), while the company managing the restaurant was fined 10 million won for violating the law on sanitary standards, reports the local press. The ants are not among the 10 types of insects allowed to eat in South Korea. The approved list includes, inter alia, grasshopper…

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The owners of a 2-star Michelin restaurant in Seoul, as well as its operating company, were fined a total of more than 25 million won on charges of using ants to make up food, which is illegal in South Korea.

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Ants used in dish in South Korea Yonhap/Reproduction A restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, awarded with two Michelin stars, was fined for serving desserts with ants, an ingredient that is not authorized by the country's food safety legislation. The decision was released on Wednesday (16). ✅ Follow the international news channel of the g1 in WhatsApp The owner of the restaurant Evett was sentenced to pay 10 million won, about R$ 37 thousand, while …

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There are murmurs in the corners of the AI giants, Humac gets a new, well-known owner, and Michelin restaurant is fined for serving ants. That's how you can summarize the headlines in this Wednesday's news roundup from Berlingske Business.

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A Michelin 2-star restaurant was caught using unauthorized ants in its dishes. The court sentenced the owner to a fine of 15 million won for violating the Food Sanitation Act, emphasizing the legal intent to protect public health as heavy metals were detected in the ants.

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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