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    I found a disgusting surprise from my muesli I bought from Aldi

    Little backstory:

    Yesterday I went to an Aldi store because I heard they have good prices. Bought myself muesli to eat in the morning but when I first opened it in the morning I found a worm inside. Best before date is 27.07.2025

    So should I stop shopping in Aldi? Because this is not the food quality I am after, especially in Switzerland. Or should this be reported to somebody?

    https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1fddma6

    Posted by JoosepR

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    20 Comments

    2. kennystillalive on

      Tell the store what happened ask for your money back. Give them also the LOT (Charge) not only the best before date, so they can check if there are other packages infested.

      Generally I can say this can happen with any type of natural products.

    4. AlmirMu on

      Throw everything away immediately and get the trash out of your home! You won‘t be able to get them out if they start spreading. I got i few of them within a christmas basket from Globus. Can happen everywhere they are really persistent and can get in almost everything.

    5. redsterXVI on

      This can happen in any store. But do let them know ASAP. This is a food moth larva, i.e. there was an egg in your box that hatched while it was on the store shelf. Those eggs don’t usually come in singles, there are likely dozens of contaminated boxes and you definitely don’t want those suckers to spread any further (if you’re Aldi).

      Also, kill that larva and get this box out of your flat ASAP. Definitely don’t want to risk food moths in your kitchen.

    6. plazebology on

      Contact the manufacturer with a receipt and you will likely get some sort of voucher or refund. This is obviously gross but it’s just a part of life. I once bit into a fig newton and got a mouthful of wasp remains. I just shrugged it off, got my refund, and continued shopping at the same store.

    7. david_gale on

      You can blame Aldi but I think you can encounter this problem in muesli or other products bought in any shop.

    9. Bendy_ch on

      Take the he whole box back to the store and i‘m pretty sure they‘ll refund it. This happened to me with a bag of nuts, not bought from Aldi, a while back. It can happen

    10. Iylivarae on

      That’s a lebensmittelmotte larva. Throw out everything, put up moth traps. If they spread, it’s awful.

    11. HeisHim7 on

      Just get your money back from ALDI. I don’t think you should stop shopping there because of this though.

    14. Miserable_Ad_8695 on

      Sometimes, I ask myself how people are able to live by themselves, seeing posts like this.

    15. nickbulamadi on

      extra protein, for less price. bet you can’t find these at coop or migros. we shall thank aldi.

    16. Shinyaku88 on

      Mostly a Lebensmittelmottenlarve… it’s not directly ALDIs fault, these animals are everywhere…

    18. AutomaticAccount6832 on

      Food is not sterile. Not in Aldi, not in Switzerland.

      Do you think someone checks every particle with a microscope? People seem to think food grows on the shelf.

      You wouldn’t want to know what could be in processed stuff like marmalade or tomato sauce. But at least there it isn’t alive though.

      Report it. Get your money back. But it’s not available for this kind of product.