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Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

imastawka — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 14:22:29 GMT

The investigation stems from a Victorian mother who lodged a formal complaint with the supermarket after she claimed she bought a packet of Aldi brand 'Natural Almonds' which turned out to be peanuts.

The woman's child has serious allergies, leading her to post a photo of the packet of nuts onto an allergy group on Facebook on Tuesday.

'Package states almond though it's packed with peanuts' the woman's caption to the post read.

Commenters on the post were outraged at the alleged packaging error.

'That's a recall right there,' one woman wrote.

This is so wrong,' another said.

'Deadly.' a third commenter said.

In a statement issued by Aldi to news.com.au the company confirmed they had been contacted by a customer who claimed to have purchased a mislabelled product.

'As the product is labelled 'almonds' and it is claimed to contain peanuts, we are moving at pace to validate this claim,' the spokeswoman said.

'Since receiving this customer contact, our immediate action has been the review of all products in our stores and the stock in our warehouses. To date, we have not discovered another case.'

As of Wednesday night Oh So Natural Wholefoods Natural Almonds are not listed as a recalled product on Aldi's website.

In March 2018, Oh So Natural Wholefoods Almond Cashew and Cranberry bites were recalled by Aldi after the discovery the product contained peanuts.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Aldi for comment.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/fears-popular-brand-of-aldi-almonds-could-contain-peanuts-instead/ar-AAF7ORU?ocid=spartanntp

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

springyzone — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 21:23:27 GMT

Bad error if it is so. Lots of people are allergic to one of those nuts but not the other, with peanuts usually causing the most allergic reactions.

I am a bit amazed anyone could pick up that packet as shown in the photo though and buy them as almonds as you'd think you would see the difference immediately.

My concern would be for packets of almonds that might have just a few peanuts mixed in with them as that would be more likely to catch someone out.

I am finding it strange that there would only be one case of mis labelled product. That's odd. You'd think if there has been a mistake on an assembly line it would affect more than one bag.

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

brerrabbit585 — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:09:40 GMT

Most packets like that have something on them to say "may contain ... (other nuts)...". If her child has an allergy she should know what a peanut actually looks like so I'm more than a bit sceptical that it ever happened. That packet doesn't look quite right. I reckon she's been paid to do it.

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

go-tazz — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 01:35:59 GMT

@brerrabbit585 wrote:
Most packets like that have something on them to say "may contain ... (other nuts)...". If her child has an allergy she should know what a peanut actually looks like so I'm more than a bit sceptical that it ever happened. That packet doesn't look quite right. I reckon she's been paid to do it.

With litigation going the way of how the yanks do it there are now big bucks to be made from some of these

"mistakes" and it may cause false claims to be made in the hope of a payout.

As the back of the packet states that it may contain Peanuts the comments about recalls,deadly,etc are

complete rubbish and it would give them a legal out.

How someone can buy a packet of Almonds and not see how it has Peanuts instead is beyond me (especially

if they have a child that has serious allergies and all their food has to be checked that it does not contain products

that can affect them such as Peanuts which is clearly stated on the back of the packet).

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

lyhargr_0 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 02:59:46 GMT

@go-tazz wrote:
@brerrabbit585 wrote:
Most packets like that have something on them to say "may contain ... (other nuts)...". If her child has an allergy she should know what a peanut actually looks like so I'm more than a bit sceptical that it ever happened. That packet doesn't look quite right. I reckon she's been paid to do it.
With litigation going the way of how the yanks do it there are now big bucks to be made from some of these

"mistakes" and it may cause false claims to be made in the hope of a payout.

As the back of the packet states that it may contain Peanuts the comments about recalls,deadly,etc are

complete rubbish and it would give them a legal out.

How someone can buy a packet of Almonds and not see how it has Peanuts instead is beyond me (especially

if they have a child that has serious allergies and all their food has to be checked that it does not contain products

that can affect them such as Peanuts which is clearly stated on the back of the packet).

Spec savers perhaps?

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

tasfleur — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 03:27:06 GMT

"Spec savers perhaps?"

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

imastawka — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 04:13:54 GMT

I actually thought when I posted the article that she was after money.

So, it's a case of wait and see, I guesss.

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

imastawka — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 04:20:42 GMT

Okay....another news item says she 'picked up' the packet.

So, did she buy them, or just take a photo instore and complain?

It comes after a Victorian mother lodged a formal complaint with the supermarket chain after she picked up a packet of Aldi brand “Natural Almonds”, which turned out to be filled with peanuts.

https://www.kidspot.com.au/news/melbourne-mums-horror-over-aldis-deadly-mistake/news-story/481f84efb9493fcd6540b12ef7eb16d2

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

ecar3483 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 04:46:15 GMT

I'd rather pick up a packet of peanuts marked almonds than a packaged salad with a spider in it.

🙂

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

springyzone — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:19:54 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
I actually thought when I posted the article that she was after money.

So, it's a case of wait and see, I guesss.

It's very telling that Aldi didn't issue any recall. They obviously suspect the same thing.

Mind you, I am a bit annoyed with Aldi lately and I wrote to tell them so.

My problem wasn't with what a packet contained but with what it didn't contain. I bought a packet of their gluten free blueberry muffin mix that advertised itself as nut free/dairy free, you name it.

It was also blueberry free

And to make it, you had to add-butter, milk, eggs and your own blueberries as well as a pack of choc bits.

Yes, I know i should have read the back of the pack before I bought but I was less than impressed, i can tell you!

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

cezm — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 00:51:16 GMT

If the packet says almonds but very clearly contains peanuts why would a parent who's child has 'serious allegies' buy it and take it home?

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 00:53:24 GMT

Yep

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

lyhargr_0 — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 01:26:47 GMT

@springyzone wrote:
@imastawka wrote:
I actually thought when I posted the article that she was after money.

So, it's a case of wait and see, I guesss.
It's very telling that Aldi didn't issue any recall. They obviously suspect the same thing.

Mind you, I am a bit annoyed with Aldi lately and I wrote to tell them so.
My problem wasn't with what a packet contained but with what it didn't contain. I bought a packet of their gluten free blueberry muffin mix that advertised itself as nut free/dairy free, you name it.
It was also blueberry free
And to make it, you had to add-butter, milk, eggs and your own blueberries as well as a pack of choc bits.
Yes, I know i should have read the back of the pack before I bought but I was less than impressed, i can tell you!

I find packet mixes a total waste of time and money. By the time you add everything you may as well make it from scratch

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

kopenhagen5 — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 01:31:51 GMT

@springyzone wrote:
@imastawka wrote:
I actually thought when I posted the article that she was after money.

So, it's a case of wait and see, I guesss.
It's very telling that Aldi didn't issue any recall. They obviously suspect the same thing.

Mind you, I am a bit annoyed with Aldi lately and I wrote to tell them so.
My problem wasn't with what a packet contained but with what it didn't contain. I bought a packet of their gluten free blueberry muffin mix that advertised itself as nut free/dairy free, you name it.
It was also blueberry free
And to make it, you had to add-butter, milk, eggs and your own blueberries as well as a pack of choc bits.
Yes, I know i should have read the back of the pack before I bought but I was less than impressed, i can tell you!

Sounds like you bought a box of flour. Lol.

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

springyzone — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 07:04:20 GMT

Yes, I got caught out in a weak moment. I have a friend who is coeliac so i thought it would be a quick fix, rather than buying the gluten free flour etc

You are right, packet mixes can be a waste of time. I find it varies a lot depending on brand though. Some are definitely better than others while some of the Aldi ones leave a lot to be desired.

I still think it is wrong to call something Blueberry muffin mix if it has no blueberries in it.

More on the nuts though. That particular brand of nuts. The Natural almonds. I've bought them and they are reasonably good value but I have only ever seen them in natural almonds or cashews. I've never seen natural peanuts and not even sure they have peanuts in that particular range, which would make it.. strange.. if peanuts got into a pack.

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

imastawka — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 07:18:02 GMT

I can't find where Oh So Natural packages peanuts either.

They do make peanut butter, but that would hardly be on the same production line.

And was it the only package with peanuts?

Definitely suss IMO

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

brerrabbit585 — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 12:59:07 GMT

Maybe they're a new variety of almonds that grow in the shape of a peanut.

And maybe I'm from Mars!!

But mud sticks - and some people will believe anything they read. They won't trust Aldi but they'll buy from dodgy Chinese sellers without seeing the goods.

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

hannahmallory — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 13:38:13 GMT

Why did she even buy it? You can see it's peanuts.

Re: Aldi almonds could contain peanuts

springyzone — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 20:38:34 GMT

We suspect it may have contained almonds when it was bought.

At the moment, I am testing out one of those nifty electric vacuum sealers for food. It would be really easy to refill a pack with anything and reseal as new.

Just saying.

Or maybe I just have a devious mind.