Just ate something covered in bacteria

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My sister sent me some hand made vegan chocolate and coconut balls from overseas. Obviously they don't last very long. I ate two of them, thought they tasted a bit funny, then realised they were covered in mouldy bacteria. This was a few hours ago and i feel ok - am I likely to get ill ?

You'll be fine.
You probably ate mould, not bacteria (well, you ate bacteria, you do every day, but you can't see it!).

I'm not sure bacteria is visible to the naked eye. Could you see mould on them? What ingredients were in the balls?

You may get a stomach ache.

I ate moldy blueberries a month ago and i got mild stomach cramps

You'll be fine.

I've inadvertently eaten very mouldy crumpets before, put me off them for a few years but no harm done.

Also eat meat and fish a few days after, never had d or v.

The lesson is that no good comes from eating vegan food.

@Georgie, Ha! Yes

Yes, you're right, it was mould. I know the ingredients included dark chocolate and desiccated coconut - maybe some non-dairy milk, or something to bind the coconut together.

She lives in a very hot chocolate, and their postal system is slow. She's normally very on the ball with keeping everything refrigerated because it all either melts or goes off in no time.

I mean she lives in a very hot country! Not chocolate!

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat Oi! I'd rather eat a mouldy chocolate coconut ball than a mouldy chicken!

I wish I lived in hot chocolate.

it might have been bloom on the chocolate.

If chocolate isn’t stored at a consistent temperature, if it warms and cools in transit, the ingredients start to separate creating a pale “bloom” on the surface. It can taste a bit stale but won’t hurt you.

3lbs of your current mass is microbes that live on and inside you all the time. I wouldn’t worry too much about a few extra grams of microbes on chocolate

I was also going to say are you sure it wasn't just bloom? I've never seen chocolate actually go mouldy.

FiresideTreats me too. Vegan chocolate obvs.

Seniorschoolmum sorry should have said, the mould was on the coconut bit, not the chocolate.

BuffaloCauliflower thanks. I do love a reassuring scientific explanation.

Another person thinking it was bloom.

@Buffalo thank you, that’s my kind of fact. (I am a food slut and still alive at 60)

I take it you didn't have Stilton on your Christmas cheeseboard then? 😀

Cheers - definitely look into gut microbes, fascinating topic

What did it look like op?

It's probably bloom. Which is NOT harmful, but can change the taste and is more to do with the hot/cold temperature change or how it was shipped, or whether it came into contact with moisture.

www.amanochocolate.com/faqs/why-does-chocolate-turn-white/

I'm in the bloom camp too