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Is it true that … double-dipping food is unhygienic?

This practice does transmit mouth bacteria, but don’t panic Double-dipping means eating part of a piece of food and then putting it back into a communal dip – for example, biting a carrot and dipping it into shared hummus, or redipping a half-eaten tortilla chip in salsa. The concern is that bacteria from your mouth get transferred into the dip and could cause illness in the people you’re sharing…

Is it true that … double-dipping food is unhygienic?

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