Lidl Issues Safety Warning to All Customers as Cookies Could Contain Metal
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The store is warning customers not to eat the cookies but return them for a refund
Lidl has issued a warning to customers that some of its popular cookies could contain pieces of metal. The budget store has issued a recall on three types of its Tower Gate biscuits.
It says there is a concern that they might be unsafe to eat as they could have pieces of metal in them. The affected cookies are:
Tower Gate Soft Baked Cookies Triple Chocolate, 210g, best before December 12, 2024
Tower Gate Soft Baked Cookies Lemon, 210g, best before December 13, 2024
Tower Gate Chocolate Chip Cookies, 150g, best before December 14,2024
www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/lidl-issues-safety-warning-customers-9106412
I always thought that had machine's in factorys to stop this from happening
tumblespots A bit 'ironic' that there might be metal in the cookies as they are advertised as soft baked
telmel Is 'ironic' a pun? Clearly these batches aren't particularly soft (anymore)! Just imagine how many times those metal 'bits' could cut your tongue & mouth and heaven forbid you should swallow them...
2 things disturb me in addition to the dangerous metal particles, one is the long date for these cookies, what do they contain if they can still taste great until December this year. Fresh bakery cookies go soft pretty quickly. Also what is lemon doing there as a flavour which sounds awful for a cookie. I've tried a few Lidl biscuits most have been nice but surprisingly some of the dearer ones actually didn't seem that nice a bit like their crisps. I used to like the chocolate coated oaties, do they still do those? I haven't been in a Lidls for about 3 months.
BonzoBanana Over the years I have only been to lidl about a dozen times in total. If you look at a lot of biscuits (I usually buy tesco own brand) the dates on many of those aren't far behind the date on these cookies. Heaven knows what is in them to make them last as long as that. When I bake biscuits they wouldn't last that long, firstly because we eat them and secondly because they would go off long before December..
tumblespots I understand lack of moisture is a barrier to bacteria etc, so hard biscuits can last a reasonable amount of time but the soft baked cookies sounds like they are soft basically and would have more water content which makes me wonder how they last so long. I guess its a load of preservatives that you would find in many similar products. I guess I'm used to soft cookies being freshly baked and fairly short life. Maybe they are foil wrapped for freshness and is actually traces of that metal that are in the cookies themselves? Maybe they have been for a while and they have only just realised or maybe the level of metal has exceeded the amount allowed. It's a bit like insect fragments, you are allowed up to 60 insect fragments per 100g of chocolate as chocolate tends to have a high amount of dead insects. You never see it on the label though and same with dangerous chemicals, metals or poisons that might have trace amounts normally. You also don't get labels that say 'small particles of excrement may be present' on many foods despite being there.
I've thought about trying some of their cookies for a while - good thing I haven't 
Here is some scary info about preservatives in food
Whats in the link is even scarier, it might help to explain why there are so many suicidal incidents in teens , not just this obviously but it could be a contributory factor
What happens to your body when you eat preservatives?
According to several studies, health issues such as asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), heart difficulties, cancer, obesity, and others are caused by harmful additives and preservatives. Some food additives may interfere with hormones and influences growth and development.Jun 24, 2022
telmel The more you delve into the topic you find more detrimental the information which makes you wonder why we have all these additives and preservatives in the first place.
tumblespots I suspect it is to make the food last longer for customers convenience thus making more profit for the manufacturers
We would not buy the items if they only lasted a day or so then went bad , so they extend the life of the products with the additives but are not really concerned to the long term effects on us
telmel Yes, they will do anything to get us to buy their dodgy goods and hang the consequences for the public. I sometimes wonder whether they eat the products they produce?
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