]]> There was actually one live one still crawling around in there but by the time I found my camera to take a picture it had escaped. All the brown things are actually dead bugs. People should be aware of these types of dry soups. Such a disappointment...not to mention that these soups cost around $4.00. We asked Elaine if she took it back to Publix and she said, 'Honestly, I was so disgusted that I couldn't fathom putting that thing in my car. I threw it away." Ew. Can anyone identify the bugs? How, and when, did they get in there?]]>
I bought a Health Valley split pea soup at Publix Supermarket in Miami, FL on Friday 01/11/08 in the morning before coming in to work. Around 12:30 or so when I finally felt ready to have lunch, I opened the soup only to find it infested with dead bugs.
so What did you do? Did you choose the lesser of two Weevils? hah hah
Seriously though just because something is sealed doesnt mean it is not going to have bugs. Its part of life, grain, rice, cerial,, oatmeal it can all have bugs in it.
Sorry but $4 for dried soup/noodles is crazy, I hope its good because if not you are so getting taken.
You should have just taken it back to the store.
Look people mold, bugs and other pests in food is going to happen no matter how clean a place is. The world isnt a hermetically sealed and sterile so you will be eating stuff you didnt plan on eating.
Its called life. You just have to find a way to deal with it.
Oh and the weevils probably wouldnt kill you in fact they would be a good source of protein. Depending on how long they have been dead.
Ten to one odds there were a lot more then just one alive in that cup of Bugs hah hah
"There can't be, we used them all in the raisin bread."
]]>I'd bring it back to show them immediately, so I could get the money from the lawsuit.
]]>For everyone that balked at the $4 price (cost of peas, cost of rice, etc.), I think the best deal for making a single serving of soup would be to grow all the ingredients yourself (buy a farm and tractor first & learn how to farm) and then make a giant barrel of the soup. Then you have enough soup for the whole year, and you can do the same next year for your next year's soup. Seems like a lot of work, but you certainly won't be paying $4 for a cup of soup.
]]>Went to dinner with the family at an older lady's home. Only noticed the little dead meal worms in the noodles she cooked after our first helping! Yikes! Not her fault as she probably had the bad of noodles for years and couldn't see well also...
]]>Well, I live in Texas and I eat crawfish. Imagine my surprise when I found that it's considered optimal for there to be 12 to 13 large bugs in each dozen.
]]>Actually, there were WORMS in EACH candy. And the worst part : I've ate 2 already :(
I should have sued :) We were so disgusted, we simply threw the box away.
Let's say I'm not a fan of Lindor's chocolates any more.
]]>Weevils, nothing more.
It's larvae is in ANY unprocessed grain product; flour,wheat-germ(love the name),cereal, barley, corn meal,rice,beans, dry-soup, the list goes on.
More in some, less in others.
Doesn't matter who's name is on it.
It's a natural thing; they've been around since groceries have been on the shelves and will always be there.
Thing is, you never know it until the temp's just right and they hatch and start eatin' and then you see these little black things in your cereal or the corn meal you bought 2 months ago that's been siiting in the cabinet........
if you're gonna go tasteless, do it full monty (cup-o-noodle or nissin). This product just screams white trash/faux high class status.
seriously, if all you need to do in order to prep a meal is pour hot water and wait 3 minutes, something is definitely wrong
]]>I found hairs in a soup package like this. I called the company and they sent me numerous coupons for free product. I, like any good college student, used those free coupons and ate like a queen for a few days! Hair-shmair!
]]>Yeah, thanks for that. I'll be right back, I just have to go vomit so hard it comes out of my nose.
]]>Review this section of the Code of Federal Regulations
The Food Defect Action Levels
Levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods
that present no health hazards for humans
RAISINS, GOLDEN Insects and insect eggs
10 or more whole or equivalent insects and 35 Drosophila eggs per 8 oz [drosophila is the fruit fly].
TOMATOES, CANNED Drosophila fly
Average of 10 or more fly eggs per 500 grams
OR
5 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 500 grams
OR
2 or more maggots per 500 grams
This is the document that defines in the US what level of "defect" is allowable in commodity food products.
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]]>$4 for that! You can buy a can of soup cheaper! I would still contact the company, how many more have dead bugs.
]]>Complain to Health Valley. When I was a little kid, my mom bought something (maybe another soup?) that tasted terrible. Since she liked their other products, she wrote them a nice letter saying she was surprised given their high standards. A few weeks later, we got a package the size of a coffee table filled with free food from them.
A few years later, the same thing happened, and we got ANOTHER big package, though it was closer to the size of an end table.
]]>I had a tiny moth fly out of a sealed box of velveeta shells & cheese I opened. I immediately tossed it out & that's it. Was a little pissed that I wasted a couple of bucks on a tainted product, but thankfull that I discovered it & didnt eat it.
]]>I hate bugs.
]]>I eat those soups all the time and I never pay more than $2.
]]>Moreover it has nutritional values and recipes like:
Banana Worm Bread
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
2 bananas, mashed
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 eggs
1/4 cup dry-roasted armyworms
Mix together all ingredients. Bake in greased loaf pan at 350 deg F for about one hour.
Yum?!?
]]>How committed to the environment are you now all you tree-huggers?!??! Or are you only green when it's convenient?!
HAHAHAHA.
]]>Am I the only one who has been mis reading the brand as "Death Valley"?
]]>Those are all over California, as well. They will burrow right through cardboard. If you get a few of them in a container, they will multiply like crazy. We had to have one of our apartments fumigated to get rid of them a few years ago.
]]>Personally I was raised vegetarian until I tasted bacon at 13 years old.
I remain convinced that "organic" is just a joke played on Vegans to get them to eat some more animal protein.
]]>this was the completely organic version. know i bet the op is all for pesticides and preservatives if they weren't already!
]]>@j-damn: Yeah, I'll just cook up a huge vat of soup at the office tomorrow. Great tip, genius!
]]>I once bought a packet of peanuts late at night at a gas station; I was finishing a long drive home and was ravenous. I opened it up without really looking and tilted the bag back into my mouth for some peanuts --
-- and instead got a huge hunk of human hair.
I failed to contact Planters, as I was too busy gagging. However, my appetite was definitely no longer an issue. It was years before I could eat nuts again, and I still inspect carefully.
]]>If you're dumb/lazy enough to spend $4 dollars on 8 oz of split pea soup when you can buy an entire pound of dried peas for a buck, well...
]]>It's very important to let the stores know when you get stuff that's infested. Most of it is harmless (the grain moths) in the sense that you won't get sick, but you should get your money back and they should address whether it's in their warehouse or some other place so they can pull the product.
I think it's irresponsible for someone to take the time to write to a blog but not even call up the store where it was purchased or email the company with the info about the infestation ... Consumerist, you took the time to email her with questions, why not give her the same advice you give the rest of us ... tell the company who made it and the company who sold it to you!
]]>Considering their good PR programs like free antibiotics [www.sptimes.com] , I would have been surprised if they did not only more than rectify the situation, but also made sure that Health Valley was notified.
]]>I'm printing this picture out for thinspiration.
]]>@Sherryness: the problem was the Miami/Dade part. in the rest of Florida, you can find at least one guy/gal in any publix that speaks english.
]]>Just take the bug out and eat the soup, what's the big deal?
Imagine this: A dog take a dump, a fly lands on the "leavings" and enjoys the moment. Terd Walking gets old, so said fly heads out for something to eat, he lands on your sandwich, you swoosh him away and eat your sandwich. A dead bug in some dried soup taint too bad depending on the perspective.
Remind me to tell ya'll about my carrot-cake/ant fiasco some day
]]>Dennis Duffy, Beeper King: "You know you eat a pound of rat crap every year without knowing it?
Jack Donaghy: "Ah yes, i think i read about that in the New Yorker."
I could tell you a story about finding live bugs in HOT kasha at a University cafeteria in Russia, but that might gross out way too many people.
]]>This page might help you - has pics and descriptions of bugs that it might be.
[www.whatsthatbug.com]
@Dibbler:
Hey! I'm eating! ew.
Once I was at a friend's house and something dropped from their ceiling onto their table. We looked up to see maggot-like bugs crawling around on the ceiling. I pretty much flipped out because I have a phobia about things getting in my ears. They cleaned all the bugs away and later found out they were coming from a canister of flour in their kitchen. At least we were playing a game at the table instead of having dinner.
Finding bugs in/near food = ick!
]]>I lived in Florida for 3-1/2 years and could never get anyone to speak to me in English, especially at Publix. It was impossible to ask an employee where a certain item was located and get any other answer than "que?" Therefore I certainly never bothered to try to return anything to the store. It was a complete nightmare. This was in Miami/Metro Dade.
]]>Did you check the ingredient label?
]]>I make all my cornbread from scratch now. Jiffy is kinda gross, "animated" or not.
]]>@randotheking: You're paying extra for the "organic contents."
]]>My grandmother owns a feed store, and every few years, some of the bags will get a weevil outbreak. The weevils come from the INSIDE of the bags though (and certain feeds seemed to have been more susceptible to it than others)
]]>lol @ buying raman for $4.00
]]>And then while chatting, I looked at the fork and my vision did this weird flashing in and out optical illusion thing, and I realized what was on my fork was not half a kiwi slice, but a curled up GRASSHOPPER, with black eyes and black markings on it.
Fresh!!!!!
]]>WTF, $4.00 for a freeze dried paper container of soup?
]]>Ew, that's not vegan!
]]>YOU FAIL.
]]>Hey! I'm trying to eat lunch here!
Made my sammich somewhat less tasty.
]]>Please tip your servers. Good night!
]]>Is like one of those 3D pictures? Because those don't look like dead bugs to me, just little black spheres (seeds?).
]]>@fitjulie: DAMN SKIPPY!
]]>Also, was there any marks/holes on the packaging that could have allowed the bugs in? I doubt they survived the freeze drying process, so I'm guessing a pallet got bumped, and an opening allowed entry to the bugs.
]]>This is why I like food with preservatives and extra chemicals.
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