The recipe does not show how to prepare a common household favorite such as falu sausage or blood pudding, but contains an unusual ingredient for many Swedes: Mjölskar.
The debate about insects as food has been going on in the West for a long time, and the idea of nibbling on crickets and caterpillars has on several occasions been dismissed as "disgusting".
But the anger and boycott calls on Ica's recipe site and in social media are not primarily about the fact that insects as food can be seen as a bit disgusting - instead, an abyss of night-black conspiracies and "globalists" with lizard tongues opens up.
The Swedish Food Agency denies this
In a post published on Friday, the Swedish Food Agency came out and denied that insects are sneaked into food in Sweden.
"There are rumors, both in Sweden and in other European countries, that it would be permissible to mix insects in food without informing consumers.
Of course it's not like that," writes the Swedish Food Agency.
But why is this spreading right now?
How could the Ica prescription sit undisturbed since it was published in August 2017 – and then begin to be subjected to social media bombardment at the end of January 2023?
See the Ica recipe in the video above – and a review of what may be behind the sudden explosion of interest.