To think Quorn mince made me feel really sick last night

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We eat quite a lot of quote in our house, love the cocktail sausages, the chicken bits that I put in curries, the nuggets (yum!) and the mince.

Last night I made a quorn spag Bol pasta bake, it was really good and as I hardly eat pasta I did admittedly stuff my face eat quite a lot.

About 2 hours later I suddenly felt extremely nauseous. I wasn’t sick but felt as though it was going to be. I had quite an upset stomach (sorry) and ended up going to bed with a cramping stomach. I still feel a bit dodgy this morning. Anyone else had this? Could it be the quorn?

@justinhawkinsnavalfluff

Yes definitely. You can be allergic to soya or tofu. It makes my DH vomit violently.

Quorn isn't soya.

Quorn is not a food...it is man made in large containers and isn't fungi but mould. Yes you can be very ill from it. I see it as the next health scare in ten years time! Goggle how it's made before anyone eats it! Yuk. Just eat veggie food without Quorn.

This is how serious my aversion to quorn is

I’m actually going to have to hide this thread as keeps coming up on my active threads and wave of nausea every time I see it!!

My Mum ended up in hospital due to Quorn, she was very sick and poorly. She didn't realise it at the time until the same thing happened again after eating the mince.

It's never made me ill but I haven't eaten it for years - revolting stuff - and I'm largely veggie (meat once a fortnight, fish once a week). If you want to avoid meat, build your meals around vegetables and pulses - chilli, curry, lasagne, pasta sauces, stir fries, stews, soups, one pot roasts etc. Really good dressings on roast veggie dishes are a game changer - the Roasting Tin series of recipes is amazing for these.

I third using lentils as mince
If you’re not vegan, fry your garlic and onion and herbs in butter and add some marmite to the dish whilst cooking to give it some depth.
Lentil shepherds pie is my favourite!

Also have a bad reaction to Quorn, awful wind and stomach pain.

Also its a mold and not a fungus but they do not like you to know that.

I often drive past where it is made and when the scrubbers are not working correctly the smell reminds me of the wind I had !

I can get that if I overstuffed myself. Usually pasta that I do it with.

I'd never heard of this thing with quorn making you sick before I joined mumsnet. As a vegetarian of 25 plus years I've never experienced it.

I react like that to Quorn too. It kicks off my IBS. I’m fine with every other veggie alternative.

@Neonplant

I'd never heard of this thing with quorn making you sick before I joined mumsnet. As a vegetarian of 25 plus years I've never experienced it.

Well you obviously aren’t intolerant then!

Google it, the unusually high level of intolerance (as intolerances go) is pretty well documented.

There’s loads of vege alternatives to using quorn so don’t feel you have to go back to meat if you don’t want to.

I ate quorn a few times before I developed a problem with it. If I eat it now it makes me violently ill.

@Teeturtle why would I Google it when I know about it? If I'm not intolerant why do I need to know more about it? What an odd comment.

I have had beyond burgers and they are amazing as a plant based alternative.

@Neonplant

"I'd never heard of this thing with quorn making you sick before I joined mumsnet. As a vegetarian of 25 plus years I've never experienced it."

As a vegetarian of 26 years I have personally experienced it. It put me right off meat substitutes for ages but I have found others that are based on different proteins are fine for me.

I could eat quorn without an issue until i developed ibs and became intolerant to
It. Lentils also disagree with me massively if eaten as part of a main meal.
I used the plant based mince or finely chopped mushrooms and am generally fine.
Quorn poisoning is deffo a thing though. I swear the packers had warnings on st one point

I know that my mum cannot eat quorn without getting stomach ache and feeling sick.

@Neonplant

I'd never heard of this thing with quorn making you sick before I joined mumsnet. As a vegetarian of 25 plus years I've never experienced it.

Awesome You crack on You’re not intolerant

Some of us however…. Are

@Reallyimeanreally2022

Really wild reaction to a comment on quorn. How bonkers for you to be so pressed about my comment and not my not being intolerant of quorn. Is everything OK with you?

What do you want commiserations on your intolerance? Just crazy....

[quote Neonplant]@Reallyimeanreally2022

Really wild reaction to a comment on quorn. How bonkers for you to be so pressed about my comment and not my not being intolerant of quorn. Is everything OK with you?

What do you want commiserations on your intolerance? Just crazy....[/quote]
Why would I be interested in coming intolerant?!

Surely that the overwhelming vast majority and this is a thread about the minority!!

But yes…. If you’re offering commiserations, I’ll take it!

If rather eat quorn than have rotting carcass laying in my guts for weeks in end.

@KarmaStar

If rather eat quorn than have rotting carcass laying in my guts for weeks in end.

Awwww. It's not rotting. It's being digested. 😁

@KarmaStar

If rather eat quorn than have rotting carcass laying in my guts for weeks in end.

Given my recent experiences, I’d happily eat a rotting carcas over quorn any day of the week!

Quarn would clear out any carcass withing hours😂