Been buying my meat, veg, bakery stuff and various other bits and bobs from Lidl for years. Never had a problem and they tend to taste much better than places like Tesco. But those pikey af brand ripoffs I stay well away from, they all somehow manage to taste so bland. :v:
what if gravy is in the paint thinner
[QUOTE=Kylel999;51543707]How?? Does the same facility also process ink/paint products?[/QUOTE]
because it wasn't literal paint thiner, just a chemical that also is in paint thinners, xylene.
Which actually has a shitload of uses, it's just that in this case there was for whatever reason too much of it, as i gurantee you could be the case with s lot of other substances in our food products
The paint thinner thing is just trying to stirr shit up
I love paint thinner. In my mind gravy is secondary and only serves as a paint thinner transportation device.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;51543714]What is the safe level of a paint thinner chemical?[/QUOTE]
Technically you can have that chemical in such low amounts that it literally phases right through your body without doing anything.
Also, some things might have a 'safety level' of zero. It's probably just for consistency.
It is sorta sensationalist headline. Xylene is used as thinner in many things, plus it wasn't really Lidl, rather the supplier.
Shame these sort of things happen.
[QUOTE=ironman17;51543702]Well, that's thrown a wrench into a couple of Christmas dinner plans, hasn't it?[/QUOTE]
If your Christmas dinner has granule based gravy and not home made gravy I feel sorry for you
Well, not me personally, but other, less than fortunate households, would probably go that route.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;51543714]What is the safe level of a paint thinner chemical?[/QUOTE]
for xylene specifically:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/infc6tQ.png[/img]
so conservatively, 1.25 mg of xylene per kg of body weight. :chem101:
B&Q have reported finding traces of chicken gravy granules in their paint thinners.
[QUOTE=Timebomb575;51544789]for xylene specifically:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/infc6tQ.png[/img]
so conservatively, 1.25 mg of xylene per kg of body weight. :chem101:[/QUOTE]
That's for acute exposure, the MRL for intermediate and chronic exposure is lower (0.4 and 0.2 mg/kg/day respectively) but all three levels are of course incredibly conservative. It's also worth noting that the different isomers of xylene have slightly different toxicological profiles.
I've heard a lot of bad rep towards Lidl but seems to be mostly bias probably due to their foreign origin and corner cutting business practices. The few products I've bought have often been disappointing, but also incredibly cheap so that's not a sin per say.
[QUOTE=Headhumpy;51544852]That's for acute exposure, the MRL for intermediate and chronic exposure is lower (0.4 and 0.2 mg/kg/day respectively) but all three levels are of course incredibly conservative. It's also worth noting that the different isomers of xylene have slightly different toxicological profiles.[/QUOTE]
I mean if your exposure is from eating a packet of contaminated gravy, its going to be acute, not intermediate or chronic
Unless you have a lot of leftovers I suppose v:v:v
[QUOTE=Timebomb575;51546460]I mean if your exposure is from eating a packet of contaminated gravy, its going to be acute, not intermediate or chronic
Unless you have a lot of leftovers I suppose v:v:v[/QUOTE]
what, you mean you don't make a large pot of gravy and just use that for the next year?
[QUOTE=Zergeant;51543733]Protip: Don't shop at Lidl. They've always been bad, from the scandal in Sweden where their products were transported in literal garbage to stories from friends [b]finding maggots in their chocolate bars.[/b][/QUOTE]
what the fuck :vomit:
Interesting to see people saying Lidl is bad. I get my groceries there every week, I hardly have any complaints about them and as far as I know, they're not seen as bad here in the Netherlands.
I don't know how lidl in other countries must be for some people to be complaining, but in Spain and Poland the lidls are good and I do my groceries there very frequently.
Lidl sources their produce nationally so it really all comes down to whatever is being made nationally and on the cheap, it isn't uncommon for some real dogshit to turn up. Shoddier the local produce is the more worse their stock will be.
If you wanna go discount store, go to its rival Aldi.
[QUOTE=Reagy;51547080]Lidl sources their produce nationally so it really all comes down to whatever is being made nationally and on the cheap, it isn't uncommon for some real dogshit to turn up. Shoddier the local produce is the more worse their stock will be.
If you wanna go discount store, go to its rival Aldi.[/QUOTE]
Which is funny, because where I live, its the exact opposite, the Aldi is terrible here.
I guess it just really differs per country.
[QUOTE=Danny1828;51547096]Which is funny, because where I live, its the exact opposite, the Aldi is terrible here.
I guess it just really differs per country.[/QUOTE]
Really does, Aldi in the UK is one of the best stores to actually go to, but Lidl is a massive trainwreck in comparison.
Its ended up with situations where Aldi in the UK actually stocks named brands with longer dates and cheaper than Lidl which is Lidl's whole market approach. Hell I haven't even seen damaged items being stocked at Aldi while I have a Lidl, whole batches of boxes beat to shit doesn't exactly make me want to buy from there.
[QUOTE=Reagy;51547116]Really does, Aldi in the UK is one of the best stores to actually go to, but Lidl is a massive trainwreck in comparison.
Its ended up with situations where Aldi in the UK actually stocks named brands with longer dates and cheaper than Lidl which is Lidl's whole market approach. Hell I haven't even seen damaged items being stocked at Aldi while I have a Lidl, whole batches of boxes beat to shit doesn't exactly make me want to buy from there.[/QUOTE]
Thank god I have an abundant choice of supermarkets here, in just a 1km radius of my home there are like 6 different supermarkets, I usually just buy my stuff bit by bit at all of them, unless its more convenient to just do it at one.
I'm often in Lidl to buy a few of the fresh baked goods to snack on. Their Cheese Twists and Chocolate Twists are fucking godly. As well as being a shit tonne cheaper than Tesco who always seem to fucking overcook theirs.
Lidl is alright, and they do some nice German/Continental stuff, but I work for Sainsbury's so I mostly shop there with my discount. Lidl and Aldi have definitely made their presence felt though, the price of some fruit and veg at work has dropped by 60% and food price deflation has affected all supermarkets across the spectrum.
Aldi's rib-eye steaks at £3.09 are a triumph.
That's my favorite flavor though! Drats, in the bin with the asbestos... ugh, totalitarian governments infringing on my rights!!
[QUOTE=Map in a box;51554387]That's my favorite flavor though! Drats, in the bin with the asbestos... ugh, totalitarian governments infringing on my rights!![/QUOTE]
in china you can get all the cancer you want in your food and the government won't be there to stop you
communism 1-0 america
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