To want to bin all my frozen fruit.

[Lennon80]

Just bought a smoothie maker was all pleased with it so bought a load of frozen fruit. Was all fine u till I defrosted some cherries on the side in the cup it comes with - shortly after having the smoothie got bad cramps and woke up the next day with extreme d and v - could it be this? Should I stop using frozen fruit or do something with it first? It’s put me right off and I’ve bought shed loads!

I never defrost the fruit. You dont need much tbh and 12 cherries sounds excessive for a smoothie. My favourite is banana, apple juice, frozen mixed red berries and if i want it thicker a bit of greek yoghurt.

The frozen mixed berries is about a small handfull at most.

One last thing, the cups you make smoothies in can take quite a lot of cleaning. Are you 100% sure your cup was clean enough?

So you've used it a few times with no issues but it's only the time you used the cherries you've been ill?
Surely at the max you'd only bin the cherries (although I would agree with other posters do something else with them rather than bin) if you haven't had any issues with the other fruit?

Agree with others its probably just your body being shocked at an unusual excess of anything - same as if you had several really spicy meals in a row or suddenly started eating meat.

I'd bin the fruit if you are suspect about it. What you are describing is not a reaction to a bit too much fruit.

I would not risk a second dose of horrible food poisoning for the sake of a few frozen cherries - throw them away.

Have you been to Slimming World by any chance?

Sounds like the sort of silly bad science used there. Blending fruit does not 'break up the fibre', it just enables you to eat/drink more than you would if you just ate the fruit/veg.

I'd bin the cherries and keep the rest. I use frozen fruit all the time and live on smoothies and have never gotten ill from it. Maybe you got unlucky with a bad bag

I always use frozen fruit, never had an issue.

I would probably bin that particular batch of cherries.

you don’y defrost frozen fruit for a smoothie. That is kind of the point that it is frozen . Frozen fruit plus liquid and your blender will make it smooth. If the blender chokes, it’s typically because you need more liquid. Water works just fine, especially if you are just adding a bit more liquid, but you can use anything.

So ordinary am I safe to throw frozen fruit into the blender? It’s really put me off I have to say, it was one of the worst food poisonings I’ve ever had in a weak shaky mess today so sore after so much vomiting. Definitely more than too much fruit - I can plough through much more than was in that smoothie. I had no idea there was a risk but I had let it sit out to defrost for about six hours.

Cases of hepatitis A and norovirus in the UK have been linked to frozen berries as health experts issue an urgent warning.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has warned the fruits can be dangerous if they are not cooked properly. The advice is being issued following outbreaks in Ireland.

Frozen berries in smoothies or cocktails must be boiled for at least one minute before consumption, warned experts at HPSC.

A spokesman told CorkBeo : "With the start of the summer season, we would like to remind consumers of the current advice from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) to wash fresh berries and boil frozen berries for one minute prior to consumption.

Binning all of your fruit is a tad extreme and disrespectful in a cost of living crisis. Think of those people who are going without nutritious food and vitamins.

A mango smoothie did that to me once.🤑

DH eats a ton of fruit, but one thing he can't cope with at all is cherries. So maybe you've developed some sort of food intolerance to them.

It's nothing to do with it being frozen just too much fruit. Use the frozen fruit for something else.

Sounds like food poisoning to me OP, frozen fruit is well known to be occasionally contaminated with common microbial causes of D&V. You should report it to the supermarket/manufacturer.

I just contacted the supermarket and when I said food poisoning the call handler dropped the call?!