happyandhealthy
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I've been trying to switch to a vegetarian diet recently, it's a slow process as I am trying to convert my boyfriend (he's slowly coming around, yay!).
I was thrilled to discover Quorn and their massive array of meat replacement products.
The thrill though was short lived.
After stocking up on quorn mince, quorn chicken style pieces and quorn burgers I decided to make myself a yummy spaghetti bolognese using the quron mince.
Several hours later I was the sickest I have ever been in my life. Vommitting, diarrhea....I almost passed out at one point, I was shaking and it felt like someone had put a knife through my stomach. I couldn't stand to walk to get myself water. If I had been alone that night the situation would have been a hell of a lot worse as I would have remained dangerously dehydrated.
Upon recovery I did a google search and discovered that 1 in 100,000 people can have a severe allergic reaction to mycoprotien which is used to make quorn. They have actually been sued in the past because their packaging fails to make consumers aware of the risk of an allergic reaction.
I know it's impractical for every product on earth that could possibly induce an allergic reaction to have a warning, but the thing is, most people are aware of traditional allergens such as peanuts, lactose etc. The majority of people have no idea what mycoprotein is let alone whether they may be allergic to it. There should be a warning.
Anyway...I just thought i'd let you all know.
For the majority of people Quorn is absolutely fine, but just incase, if you are planning on trying it, make sure you do it when you know there is going to be other people around. I wouldn't want anyone to have to suffer through what I did by themselves!!!!!
I was thrilled to discover Quorn and their massive array of meat replacement products.
The thrill though was short lived.
After stocking up on quorn mince, quorn chicken style pieces and quorn burgers I decided to make myself a yummy spaghetti bolognese using the quron mince.
Several hours later I was the sickest I have ever been in my life. Vommitting, diarrhea....I almost passed out at one point, I was shaking and it felt like someone had put a knife through my stomach. I couldn't stand to walk to get myself water. If I had been alone that night the situation would have been a hell of a lot worse as I would have remained dangerously dehydrated.
Upon recovery I did a google search and discovered that 1 in 100,000 people can have a severe allergic reaction to mycoprotien which is used to make quorn. They have actually been sued in the past because their packaging fails to make consumers aware of the risk of an allergic reaction.
I know it's impractical for every product on earth that could possibly induce an allergic reaction to have a warning, but the thing is, most people are aware of traditional allergens such as peanuts, lactose etc. The majority of people have no idea what mycoprotein is let alone whether they may be allergic to it. There should be a warning.
Anyway...I just thought i'd let you all know.
For the majority of people Quorn is absolutely fine, but just incase, if you are planning on trying it, make sure you do it when you know there is going to be other people around. I wouldn't want anyone to have to suffer through what I did by themselves!!!!!
The woman can post wherever she likes! She was adding her opinion and clearly used the search function which people are encouraged to do around her to cut down on posting a gazzilion threads about the same stuff!