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DANGEROUS Yeo Valley yogurt pots

533 replies

Albie20 · 08/01/2016 12:05

Hello everyone. Firstly let me introduce myself. My name is Denise, and I am a grandmother of three. I have registered with the site today, to warn parents of the hidden dangers of Yeo Valley yogurt pots. I use the word hidden, as after having contacted them about a serious cut to my grandsons tongue at Xmas, they wrote back and said they was aware of the situation with the sharp pots, but still have no intention of putting a warning on the packages. They then had the audacity to send me £2 in vouchers as a way of an apology! My 3 year old grandson simply licked the pot like children do. The problem is the extremely sharp plastic that's there once the pots are separated. This is clearly a case of putting profits before the welfare of their customers. SHAME ON YOU YEO VALLEY!

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Pipbin · 08/01/2016 16:00

Just google Losely and they claim to still make yoghurts

My uncle was born at Losely as my grandparents lived there at the time. Should I sue?

BitOutOfPractice · 08/01/2016 16:06

Thanks Zing. Thanks a munch bunch

ExitPursuedByABear · 08/01/2016 16:10

That bridge will now feature in my nightmares.

Shock
Gruntfuttock · 08/01/2016 16:13

"the other passengers on the bus looked at me funny"

Shock Put your funny away immediately!

Deux · 08/01/2016 16:13

Maybe the OP was driving over that bridge when Yoghurt Slashing occurred?

That'd explain it. Vertigo.

OpheliaMoo · 08/01/2016 16:16

Oh dear didn't go the way OP expected

Yeo Valley must be laughing if they're reading this

liz70 · 08/01/2016 16:19

Cheers, Murlocked. I doubt anybody here will ever lick out a Yeo Valley pot again after that.

Gruntfuttock · 08/01/2016 16:22

I'm not on Twitter but someone should Tweet Yeo Valley about this thread.

SauvignonBlanche · 08/01/2016 16:22

Well done ChazsBrilliantAttitude, love it! Grin

momb · 08/01/2016 16:25

I've been buying yoghurts which need snapping apart for years, so I did read the OP with a Hmm face, but, on second thoughts, if I'd always bought a brand with individual pots which then changed the design, the sharp edge would be something I'd need to be aware of.
I think that the OP was trying to be helpful, albeit in a slightly odd way.

Kudos for splashing out on branded yoghurt OP. I just buy the snappy supermarket own pots and take our chances. {grin]

HoneyDragon · 08/01/2016 16:30

Some the posters commenting on this thread are Grandmas. Are they sweet enough and caring enough to be exempt from a telling off because they're children have procreated?

tiktok · 08/01/2016 16:32

Dicing with death, there, momb :)

OP - you have had a hard time, but Mumsnet is always going to take the piss with something like this, and it's a shame :) you have reacted in a cliched 'you're all a nest of vipers' way.

The correct answer is 'Haha - yes I think I have been a bit unreasonable, haha' :)

kelper · 08/01/2016 16:34

God I really want a hazelnut yoghurt now.
Don't they come in individual pots though? So no snapping plastic fears.
And didn't losely make little pots of ice cream? God that was good misses point of thread

FlatOnTheHill · 08/01/2016 16:35

Dangerous.....REALLY Confused

Asskicker · 08/01/2016 16:37

kelper they do, but the edge of the peel off lid 'could' be DANGEROUS

I am so glad I am allergic to cows milk after reading this thread......make me feel much safer.

Must make dh aware though, he likes to live dangerously or what is otherwise known as 'eating yoghurts' Grin

liz70 · 08/01/2016 16:38

"I really want a hazelnut yoghurt now"

And risk a horrible, painful death? Madness.

Or does rubbing it on ones face work as hmemade Botox? #pondering

sleeponeday · 08/01/2016 16:42

Oh come on, can we not give the OP a break? Kids do daft things and it's upsetting when they get hurt. And the fact is, most people don't buy individual pots and decant them, or they'd buy a big pot and save money. I think a lot of us react unreasonably at times when our kids are in pain, and if it was an especially nasty cut all she is doing is trying to stop other people's kids getting one. That's hardly a nasty or malicious thing to do.

OP, the reality is that when people break plastic, it will leave a sharp edge, same as when you open a tin (though thankfully nowhere near as severe). As a matter of fact, the foil top can cut your tongue if you lick it - I did that as a teenager, to get the thick bit of yoghurt there. But it's very fine metal, so it would.

We can't protect our kids from everything unless we spend more money. The truth is, these companies sell snappable pots because they are cheaper to manufacture and distribute than the individual ones. But if you really want to avoid the issue, those Suckies fruit yogurts that come in pouches could be the solution, maybe? More expensive, but no chance of a toddler injury.

TBH, I think toddler's suffering minor injuries educates them about the world we all live in, and how to manage risk. Horrible to watch as a parent or grandparent, but probably quite good for them in terms of learning to stay out of harm's way.

sleeponeday · 08/01/2016 16:44

And I used to go to the local health food co-op every Tuesday with my Mum in the 80s and be allowed to choose a Loseley ice cream, and 3 yoghurts. Always a hazelnut, sometimes a blackcurrant. They were honestly some of the highlights of my week.

I was a greedy child. (Am now a greedy adult! Blush)

Jw35 · 08/01/2016 16:44

Op are you having a tin bath or what? I reckon this thread is a joke!

originalmavis · 08/01/2016 16:47

I like tart yoghurt myself. Vrai 0% is rather nice.

I daringly bought a four pack yesterday and and fearing myself to attack them armed only with small yellow spork.

Bear Grylls has nothing on me!

kelper · 08/01/2016 16:48

Haha liz70 somethings got to finish me off, it may as well be hazelnut yoghurt ;)

Fidelia · 08/01/2016 16:49

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kelper · 08/01/2016 16:49

Also, I cut my mouth on a frube once, so they're not as safe as some people are suggesting...

sleeponeday · 08/01/2016 16:50

I love tart yoghurt and it's almost impossible to find now - is Vrai a little sour?

When I was very tiny (I'm talking late '70s here) Neal's Yard in Covent Garden was this massive hippy area, and they used to sell frozen yoghurt without any sweetening at all. It was mouth-puckeringly sharp and I absolutely loved it. Genuinely just natural yoghurt, frozen and then put through a whippy machine. I was so disappointed, as an adult, when I tried some in a cafe and it was basically a kind of ice cream.

emwithme · 08/01/2016 16:51

I cut my tongue licking the lid of an Emma Apple flavour Munch Bunch yoghurt in 1988-ish. My mum told me not to be such an eejit. Do I sue:

(a) Munch Bunch for making a yoghurt so delicious I needed to lick the lid
or
(b) my mum for her deliberate jibe at a fucking eejit of an 11 year old delicate flower of a child.

I still lick yoghurt lids. It's part of the fun.

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