Stop frying toothpicks and eating them, South Korea tells Mukbang influencers

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Stop frying toothpicks and eating them, South Korea tells Mukbang influencers
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They're made of starch. It's like people eating those corn starch packing peanuts over here. The toothpicks are edible, though probably not made in a facility with food grade standards.

Is it wood starch or some sort of foam?

Sweet potato or corn starch.

So it's perfectly edible, other than they aren't produced as food and aren't made to that standard

From the article:

Most toothpicks in South Korea are made of sweet potato or corn starch instead of wood. Their green color comes from the food coloring that is applied in the manufacturing process.