VIDEO: Maggots Found Squirming In Box Of Goobers
Chomp, chomp, chomp, smoosh! Blogger Savannah Red's wife was enjoying a freshly opened box of Goobers when she bit into something not sweet or chocolatey, but squishy: a maggot.
My wife let out a full-throated scream that I've only really heard in my nightmares when she is being carried off by a giant squid or something and both of my legs have been cut off and I can't help her...she bent over, her trembling hands on her knees and spit out what was in her mouth onto the floor...my wife's box of Goobers was ALIVE and crawling with maggots...I peered inside the box and saw lumpen, misshapen Goobers with maggots or some kind of larvae crawling everywhere.
Naturally, the blogger took a video, available in all its disgusting glory, inside...
Nestle's has got some quality control issues. The package was sealed in a plastic wrap, meaning that the larvae had to have been deposited during the manufacturing process. So far, Savannah Red has not heard back from the email he sent Nestle customer service.
Nestle's Maggoty Goobers [SAVANNAH RED] (Thanks to Rob Walker!)
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Is this one of the new Type-II diabetes prevention measures?
OH WOW. I knew there was a reason I didn't like Goobers. Must have been the added, uh, protein.
Are those maggots or mealie worms? Meal worms would make more sense and be much less disgusting...after all, the worms are fried and served as a delicacy in some countries... interested to see how THIS one turns out!
...excellent lunch-time story
It is how they get the 5 grams of protein that is so prominently advertised on the box.
Maggots only eat decaying flesh, (see [consumerist.com]), in other words carnivores. These worms are able to survive (in a sealed plastic bag no less) on high fructose corn syrup and chemicals (plant based), so I think temporayerror may be right that this is something other than maggots.
Republicans?
@temporaryerror: Uhh, they look pretty maggoty to me.
But I see what you're saying - if they're meal worms, Nestle probably should've charged more. Maybe they can send a collection agency to this guy's house to recover the difference between the price point of Goobers and delicacy worms.
I see what you did there.
That's nothing. When I was 7, I got one of those mini-boxes of Rice Krispies at a restaurant. I wasn't but 2 or 3 spoonfuls into it when I realized my cereal wasn't snap, crackle and popping like it should, it was wiggling.
I WILL NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EAT THEM AGAIN EVER I DONT CARE WHAT NESTLE DOES FOR THIS GUY AND HIS GIRL
im glad i didnt eat bfast...
*dry heave*
thats fucking sick, I just ate and read that now and I feel like I want to puke.. I am not anymore ever again that shit, and I swear by that. and I am going to look at food differently now.
Yikes! This really stinks. When we go to a movie we always dump a box of milk duds or similar candy products into our popcorn. It is going to make me think twice before I do it again or make sure do to it with the lights on.
I really really hate stories like these. Especially when there are pictures to accompany them. The images haunt me forever!
Blaaarrrgggh! That does it for me. No more Nestle anything! Who needs surprises like that? And, yes, it is fucking disgusting.
sweet merciful Buddha.
I think these are Indian Meal Moth larvae (waxworms). They're very common and notorious for getting into food items in your pantry. I'm no entomologist though, just a guess.
A little better than maggots, but still fairly disturbing.
Goobers: they're not just a snack anymore, they're a meal(-worm infested confection)
poor lady
I would throw up.. repeatedly.
Don't think there will be much OP blasting here. I had this happen to me before though. Oyster crackers I put on some hot soup. when I looked down, the worms were all sticking straight up and squirming, trying to get away from the hot soup.
I haven't looked at an oyster cracker since.
*erp*
I had that same thing happen to me in my early teens (35 years ago... sweet jeebus). Anyway, I opened up a package of fudge brownie cookies, ate one, looked down to get the next one and saw a bunch of these same creepy crawlies on the next cookie down. I tossed the rest, obviously. At that tender young age I never thought to write to the bakery. And there's a much better than even chance I ate some of those little guys.
Just wondering where she got these Goobers. I mean, if they're from last Halloween and she's been keeping them in the cupboard, then it's not really a quality control issue. Those worms can get into anything. I think maybe their eggs are probably on every piece of food we eat and when the humidity and time is right, they hatch.
"The package was sealed in a plastic wrap, meaning that the larvae had to have been deposited during the manufacturing process."
Not true. Unless it's an airtight seal (unlikely), then moth eggs/larvae can get into plastic packaging.
I had some pasta that I had to throw out because of that.
I did have a sunflower seed last week though that I chewed into and found that a bug had laid eggs in. It was one of a bunch that I had thrown into my mouth and I nearly threw up the whole bunch. Terrible.
This is DISGUSTING, and my worst fear. Blech blech, no wonder she screamed! They better friggen compensate for the horror of opening that box and ALWAYS check before you EAT!
@FrankTheTank: I think when you find them in plastic packaging it's probably because the eggs were deposited prior to packaging. This isn't all that uncommon with flour (which pasta is made from).
These days when I buy bread flour I freeze it for a few days to kill any eggs, then transfer it to sealed plastic containers. Since starting this I haven't had any more problems with bugs or worms in my flour. I don't do it with pasta because I go through pasta fast enough that I've never had a problem with bugs in it.
Yuck!!!!
I had a seedmoth (that's what I call them) fly out of a just opened box of velveeta shells & cheese once.
How can we blame the OP? Hmmm, well....ummmm. No, the OP is right. That is truly disgusting and I don't care what kind of worm it is. My entire body tensed.
Anyone else vote to stop publishing these types of stories around mealtime?
A friend's first job
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*obligatory extra protein comment*
I vividly remember during 4th grade hot-dog Wednesday, my friend John commenting that, after shoving the entire first one in his mouth, swallowing, and taking a bite of the second one (they used to come in a 2-pack 35 years ago) his Twinkee tasted funny only to see the creamy white filling was actually moldy green! BLAH - I never ate another Twinkee after that.
om nom nom nom :)
Great, way to ruin my pending night at the movies. Now I won't be able to eat any goober-shaped candy there anymore!
Okay, I'm writing in Nestle Goobers as the Worst Company [Product] for 2008. Any company that can make lots of folks physically wretch has got to rank pretty high in the lowness scale.
Mealy worms they are. My mom found the same critters inside a sealed Reese's Peanut Butter Cup package. The bugs were likely eggs deposited inside the peanuts (think Mexican jumping beans), were harvested, and they hatched somewhere along the processing route.
Still...YUK
As for flour, my hubby worked in a Cargill flour mill for awhile where they tested the wheat/flour samples for protein content, moisture, and yes, insect particles. Always freeze any flour you buy, just in case. How could they possibly get all the feelies out without using massive amounts of pesticides?
And, like temporayerror said, they are a delicacy in some places (our pet lizard loves 'em!)
Gross! Yeah, those do indeed look like mealie worms to me, but knowing what they are dosen't make them any less nasty.
I once had a pantry that was colonized by those things, due to my parent's laziness. I had fun feeding the crawlers to my Venus Fly-trap, Floyd.
@thelushie: I assume you're joking, but just in case: This is the web, so it's mealtime for somebody 24 hours a day.
Aw, they're so cute!
Anyway, they're GOOBERS. What's the best you can expect? //not blaming, just the obvious
Funny how the wormed version would be the more healthy.
@thelushie: How about not reading articles with "maggot" in the title during YOUR mealtime. Isn't that more logical then making others wait for them to publish it when it's convenient for you and your delicate tummy?
It's just some extra protein, lucky they don't charge her extra ;)
And is it me or do those candies look really old? They almost look so bad that I wouldn't eat them. Then again I am a picky person so who knows.
McD's deep-fried a bee in an order of fries I had once. Ummm... Yellow McJackets! B.B. McBumbles!
Suppose Nestle's went to the Golden Arches with this. With apologies to Zemekis and Spielberg... Larvae McFlys! Squiggly McMaggots! (Any takers?)
Goobers are only slightly less nasty than maggots.
Hmmm... I'm genuinely surprised no one has made a "never going to kiss you again" joke yet.
@meisenberg: Something actually ate a Twinkie????? :-O :-O :-O
I was pretty sure nothing ate them, not even roaches. They were supposed to exist past any nuclear winters without a single "bug" getting to them!
You definitely have to wonder about the content of Goobers when the worms themselves are running away especially the two in the upper right hand corner... They could literally taste the freedom and escape from the evil Goober.
Same thing happened to my sister a while back with Pop Tarts. Same sort of mealworm/waxworm style bugga that even survived the microwave. Long story short, no more Pop Tarts in our family.
Why are all the youtube videos I try to watch gone?!?
Goobers, the nutrititious treat. Now with more protein in every bite!