Nickelodeon Debunks "Krabby Patty" Secret Ingredient Theory

What's the secret ingredient in Krabby Patties? This is the question that has haunted poor Plankton and a legion of SpongeBob SquarePants devotees for nearly two decades. Then, on Wednesday, BuzzFeed posted a disturbing fan theory about Krabby Patties that left the internet certain the secret formula actually contains...

CRABS!

Think about that for a minute - since the proprietor of the Krusty Krab is Mr. Krabs, who is an actual crab, this revelation was disturbing on multiple levels. If he's been serving up crab to his customers all these years would that make him a cannibal? A serial killer? Either way that would be a horrifying turn of events for the citizens of Bikini Bottom.

People were shocked when they heard the theory, so much so, that Nickelodeon's official Instagram account had to step in to calm peoples fears by debunking the theory, commenting on Instagram user @Daquan's page: "We can 100 percent confirm Krabby Patties are not made of crabs."

UPDATE: Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, has also revealed that is NO animal protein in the Krabby Patty formula, making them meatless and totally okay for vegetarians, too!:

Yes, I will happily dispute this. The one thing Steve has freely revealed is, there is NO animal protein in the patty formula. #meatless

— Vincent Waller (@VincentWaller72) July 13, 2017

So, all is good again in the happy underwater utopia that is Bikini Bottom.

There you have it. I guess we may never truly know the Krabby Patty secret formula.

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Original source: Bustle; Additional sources: BuzzFeed, wifflegif.com via GIPHY.

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