To ask if any of you have had a reaction to Quorn?

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Enticed by Mo and seeing it was a good source if protein, my dh went and bought lots of Quorn.

Interested to know what replaced the meat, I googled it only to find warnings about how unwell people have become after eating it!

Do not fancy it much now but realistically has anyone fallen ill after eating Quorn other than trumping loads from the protein?

I eat Quorn and never had a bad reaction. Also used Quorn mince to feed my family and they were ok.

Projectile everything from every orifice.Honestly thought I was dying after eating a spag bol made with it.Never again!

Not good if you ibs as it can be really hard to digest. Should be totally avoided on a low fodmap diet.

Ah ffs a zombie

The mince is OK, but I cooked with the chunks and it brought on the most violent bout of vomiting I have ever encountered.

I'm fine with it although I can't have red meat, poultry or fish (can have mushrooms and penicillin) and I have ibs (amongst other things) DH is a confirmed carnivore and also fine with it although only likes the mince (hates real mince but likes "your mince" for some reason) dcs both fine with it and like it although dd1 doesn't know she likes it because she wouldn't eat "veggie stuff"

My usual pattern was:
2 hours after eating - general nausea, growling/bubbling/churning stomach.
Through the night - intense waves of nausea, cramping and sweats.
Next day - diarrhoea with lots of mucus.

I have also vomited on several occasions. Once, I had to leave dinner halfway through to vomit (The Swedish Meatballs Debacle). Usually, the vomiting, if it happens, is at some point through the night.

I spent some time trying to work out what was going on. Because we ate a fairly small range of dinners, consumption of Quorn always overlapped with similar sets of ingredients. It was only after a two week holiday abroad where I didn't eat any that I realised I hadn't had any of my usual post-dinner issues. Quorn was the only thing I could think of as noticeably absent. So I cut it out.

I am a little bit 'digestive issues' though - large amounts of soy/tofu or al dente green veg can cause the same problems.

I'd eaten Quorn for years before this happened. I did eat a LOT of it, with most evening meals. I can now eat a small number of 'chicken' chunks very infrequently with no problems.

Oops. Zombie thread.

Tis a zombie thread indeed but people have been steadily responding every year since 2014. It's been very interesting reading how sick some people have become.

Yes, even though it's a zombie thread and people have been complaining for a long time, the makers of Quorn still produce the crap and people still feed themselves and give it to their kids.

It seems that Quorn causes problems for lots of people.

I had such a violent reaction , vomiting, shaking, diahorrea, and eventually collapse. I had vomited on the previous occasion of eating it , but not linked it to Quorn.
I now live in fear of eating it without realising when out.
After a bit of online research I found quite a few similar cases of severe reaction. Think it’s been banned in certain places.
Please everyone don’t serve it without expaining what it is to guests and family.

My husband ended up vomiting. Tried it again and it was the same. Haven't eaten it since.

Yes! Accidentally ate a piece around the size of a 5p recently -had a nibble then twigged it wasn't meat! Was violently sick for around five hours - this came on about two hours after consumption. I knew it'd happen as the same thing happened when I ate it years ago. Hideous stuff!

madrenos I'm the same, the bit I ate was wrongly labelled in my work canteen. I'm always worried someone might bulk out a spag bol or something and not say. Genuinely feel like I'm dying after eating it!

Yes! I’ve been sick every time I’ve eaten Quorn.

I know it's a zombie thread, but I am very grateful to the pp who pointed out that quorn is very high in purines.
My oh is on a low purine diet because of a tendency to get gout. Quorn does not appear on his list of high purine foods, although if I had thought about it, I suppose I would have realised it fell in the top/high group because of what it is made.
We have had it recently and he was ill afterwards. I thought this was coincidence, as I was okay. Now I have got two reasons to never use it again.

I'm physically sick whenever I have it. Had it about 3 times - never again

We eat it almost on a daily basis and I have never had a problem. I love my Quorn.

Used to eat s lot of it but now prefer to eat pulses etc instead. Rarely eat the chicken prices or burgers. Never had a problem but I know in some friends it causes severe indigestion and stomach ache

I have eaten it twice as part of ready meals and threw up a few hours later, on the middle of the night. Shame really because I am reducing my meat intake, so it would have been convenient.

Nope, eat it all the time and love it!

I ate quorn many years ago and was violently sick.

My ds had one bite of quorn and spat it out so we've never had it again.

I eat it all the time, as does my husband and son and mother. I do have one friend who’s stomach gets upset

Yes, was sick within half an hour of eating it, bad stomach, the sweats then headaches. After reading how it was made will never touch it again and after seeing these comments will definitely never ever touch it again.