![]() Ummmm – why are there shrimp tails in my cereal? (This is not a bit) /tTjiAdrnVp ![]() There’s something fishy going on with Cinnamon Toast Crunch.Īt least, that’s the takeaway of one consumer who purchased a box of the beloved cereal from his local California Costco, only to discover a couple of sugar-encrusted shrimp tails in his box.Īnd he had already eaten a bowl before discovering the secret ingredients. The cases of frozen blueberries were found to have been tainted with "multiple pieces of shrimp." General Mills later sued the supplier over the blueberry shipment.Editor’s note: This article is a re-run as part of our countdown of top stories from the past year. In 2009, General Mills' contract manufacturer IndyBake Products LLC took a shipment of Adkin blueberries from Michigan-based Adkin Blue Ribbon Packing Company to be used in scones. This is not the first time a General Mills-owned company has found itself at the centre of a shrimp contamination controversy. General Mills' Shrimp Contamination Controversy Karp has is now having the shrimp tails by a crustacean researcher to confirm and identify the shrimp down to its species. Karp said his wife went through another cereal box to find what he says appears to be dental floss.Ĭinnamon Toast Crunch later put out a statement stating that they were confident the contamination did not occur at their facility and implied that their cereal box was "tampered with." One Twitter user pointed out that the "black marks" could "most likely" be rat droppings baked into the squares. Things took a turn for the worse when Karp tweeted that he went back through the packaging and found "black marks" on some of the cereal squares. Karp Also Finds 'Rat Droppings,' 'Dental Floss' in Cereal ![]() Karp also posted a series of tweets sent to him by CTC, offering him free coupons for his "unpleasant experience" and asking him to send them the pieces so they could take a "closer look." One user came up with a perfectly logical explanation behind the contamination: What if someone there was allergic and ate from that cereal!!!!" Stop trying to gaslight everyone and explain how this happened," wrote one user, while another commented. "These are very clearly shrimp tails and this could actually kill someone with shellfish allergies. Social media users also echoed Karp's sentiments and criticized the company for not coming up with a reasonable explanation and endangering the lives of those with allergies. Unconvinced by the company's apology and its claims of accumulated cinnamon sugar, Karp accused Cinnamon Toast Crunch of gaslighting him by providing additional evidence of his findings. ![]() We assure you that there's no possibility of cross contamination with shrimp," the company tweeted. "After further investigation with our team that closely examined the image, it appears to be an accumulation of the cinnamon sugar that sometimes can occur when ingredients aren't thoroughly blended. Not long after, the General Mills-owned company put out another tweet claiming Karp's unusual findings were actually accumulated cinnamon sugar. Can you please send us a DM to collect more details? Thanks!," the company wrote. "We're sorry to see what you found! We would like to report this to our quality team and replace the box. Here are some reactions:Ĭinnamon Toast Crunch replied to Karp's post with a less-than satisfactory response, offering to "replace the box" while they report his findings to the quality team. The post instantly went viral, garnering thousands of tweets and retweets, and eventually becoming a trending topic on the platform, spurring some hilarious responses.
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