Aldi Turkey - Rotten

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Anyone else had a minging turkey from Aldi? Bought on Tuesday, use-by date 26/12. Opened the bag and was hit by a foul stench. Skin was slimy too 🤢.
Looking on Twitter, there are quite a few similar posts - all with the same free-range turkey with the same use-by date, so guess there was a dodgy batch .

Ah well, my vegetarian lunch was actually ok and was received kindly by my guests.

So many people ignorant about farming and food supply chains. We are putting this stuff in our bodies and feeding our children with it. Look into locally produced meat and do some research into how the budget supermarkets get the food from the farm to your fridge. I'm happy for us to eat meat but I'm not happy for my children to grown up uneducated about the processes. I buy higher welfare meat and dairy whenever I'm able to and if I can't afford it I go without.

@PigletInABlanketJohn

I had one that I suppose was on the turn.

It was in a roasting bag so I didn't notice until it was done.

Annoyingly I used the cooking juices in the gravy, and spoiled that. Couldn't even have parsnips, roasties, sprouts etc with gravy.

I have emailed Aldi.

I suppose there must have been a failure in the chill chain.

Heads will roll.

I very much doubt that heads will roll.... Aldi has this problem most years... We bought our turkey from the local butcher... They have a blackboard list of which local farmers produce the meat...

The only heads that would have been rolling would have been in the toilet pan. Nothing will come of your email, sadly.

@PaulGallico

Some very smug people on this thread

Yes, it must be nice to be able to drop 100 odd quid on a 'locally sourced' turkey that will last no more than a few meals. I find the whole 'if you can't afford what I can afford then you should go without completely otherwise you are a terrible person' pretty out of order to be honest. Especially when it comes from people who do still actually eat meat. I doubt your turkeys were fed on unicorn shit and rainbows either!

[quote AutomaticMoon]@Dontgetyerknicksinatwist ‘dead shoes’ - wtf! And his dad said what? I suppose he was proud of his rude son? I’ve also had bad experiences with vegans on the high horse. I was vegetarian for most of my life and my health was utterly dire, I started eating beef again and feel much better. There’s a tonne of research showing vegan and vegetarian diet is harmful long term, especially to mental health. There’s loads of interviews on yt with people who say they damaged their bodies being vegan for years, etc. Sorry to get conspiratorial, but apparently it has been decides by the UN that by 2050 we must all eat only one steak per month, they call it ‘flexitarian’ diet. I don’t understand how cow farts are more harmful to the planet than pesticides and polyester pollution, etc. Actual toxic things. Planting trees should help if co2 is the problem but ‘they’ insist that’s not it and waste billions building carbon capture plants. I thought plants are the best carbon capture plants!

On the topic of Aldi meat, I get beef from there and it’s great. I don’t trust chicken anymore, sadly, after I was informed that they have to do something to it to get rid of its ‘fishy’ taste 😳 Was just wondering yesterday whether turkey might not be as bad?!

But I just don’t understand why beef lasts so much better/longer than poultry?! You don’t get aged poultry, do you?[/quote]
A meat diet isn’t healthier and it’s much worse for the planet.

Think heart disease, diabetes, obesity, antibiotics, not mentioning the environmental impact.

You got your information from watching YouTube videos 😂

Yes, it must be nice to be able to drop 100 odd quid on a 'locally sourced' turkey that will last no more than a few meals. I find the whole 'if you can't afford what I can afford then you should go without completely otherwise you are a terrible person' pretty out of order to be honest. Especially when it comes from people who do still actually eat meat. I doubt your turkeys were fed on unicorn shit and rainbows either!

I find the whole I can only afford cheap meat therefore it's okay to support a meat industry that doesn't give a shit about animal suffering or the health of the planet pretty out of order too. People need to look beyond the end of their noses.

We have had this before , I always buy a fresh turkey a two or three of days in advance and unwrap it to check . But this year we had a frozen turkey crown from morrisons and to be honest its was the nicest one I have had in years and it didn't have to hog the entire fridge.

A meat diet is unethical and bad for the environment. The meat produced in the UK is 73% factory farmed which consists of raising animals in overcrowded barren barns or cages, many of these animals are given antibiotics to halt the spread of disease due to their unnatural living environments. How many times do you see articles where farm animals have been abused away from the watchful eye of humans, tiny piglets having their testicles and tails removed without any form of sedative or pain relief, mother pigs forced to feed their babies through cages and imprisoned. If this was happening to human mothers, there would be outcry but somehow it’s socially acceptable to do this to mother animals because they're seen as commodities and as a result it makes it easier to exploit them. I could go on and on but I won’t.
That’s why I chose not to pay for someone to exploit, abuse and murder these victims.
I also don’t agree with rapists, paedophiles and murderers who also exploit, harm or kill their victims, so I am not going to view animals any different.
Also the environmental impact from eating a meat diet is huge, we are all responsible for looking after the planet, for the future of children and those who inhabit it. To just disassociate yourself from it, is dangerous.
If you want to eat meat, shop at local butchers at the very least.

It's highly likely that with a fridge packed full of food the air circulation was poor and the fridge was unable to maintain a low temp.
Also with frequent door opening it's highly likely that the temp fluctuates so the meat is not stored at the correct temps.
Personally a frozen turkey is a safer bet over Xmas and few would taste the difference.

I had a turkey from Aldi, went out and bought a Bernard Matthews one instead as didn't want to risk horrible meat on Christmas day. The quality of the meat I'm Aldi has gone awful. The chicken used to be ok, now it's disgusting, pumped full of water, tasteless and chewy.

Aldi’s meat is great every week.our turkey was the best yet. Was a fresh a free range Norfolk bronze from there.

There will always be issues with poultry going bad regardless of where it is bought.

However, I don’t think that aldi / Lidl have as good quality meat / vegetables as some other supermarkets.

It is not like for like. An 89p pack of watermelon from aldi is not the same as a £3 pack from m&s.

I bought a couple of the aldi pate’s when I was in last week and they were nice, but not as nice as the M&S ones I usually buy. Which makes sense because they are half the price.

We have always bought a Morrison’s Turkey crown and had no issues. We usually buy it around the 23rd, which is what we did this year. Buying much before that means it has been lying longer, no matter where it has come from, and that puts me off a little. Especially as our fridge is always packed after the Xmas shop. We usually cook it on the 24th too, although this year we waited until the 25th.

I would let Aldi know for sure - yes there are lots of variables for them to consider - but the OP had clearly said the Turkey was stored appropriately.

OP I would have been gutted!! I love Christmas dinner, in fact I’ve just had a Turkey and cranberry sandwich got brunch!

Just to follow up - returned to Aldi this morning and refund given without question so I can't fault their customer service. There were several other returned turkeys in a trolley by the checkout so I wasn't the only one with an issue.

Just to follow up - returned to Aldi this morning and refund given without question so I can't fault their customer service.

Is that it? A refund? No compensation for ruining your Xmas dinner?

Compensation! 🤭 🤣

@rwalker

Always buy frozen anything like this need to be refrigerated . People buy fresh one wheel it about a hot supermarket . Then put it in hot car . How do people manage to keep a turkey in the fridge when they get home .Suspect most of theses left out . I think there will be a vast majority of theses been stored incorrectly thats the problem .

I agree. Its most likely down to imptoper storagr. I NEVER put raw meat in my fridge unless im using it the next day

@HangingOutWithTheSandman

Are you laughing because I dared to use the word 'compensation' on Mumsnet?! Or because it's a silly suggestion that Aldi would do something like that?

I just remember taking an item of food back to Asda many years ago - can't remember what it was. Their policy (then at least) was to offer a replacement and a refund of the same value.

@Lady089

That’s the least of your worries. What do you expect from factory farmed supermarket meat that’s been reared in inhumane conditions and fed antibiotics to stop the spread of diseases. If you want to eat fresh meat, then shop at your local butcher.

This.

I drop £100ish on an organic locally sourced turkey (although TBH some of the rotten M&S ones discussed online are not much short of that) but everyone has a right to expect that what they buy is at least edible and I'm very very sorry that people have had their Christmas meals ruined by this. There are far to many horror stories around certain retailers for it all to be the fault of incorrect storage after purchase.

@Lady089 Are you ok? I literally explained that I got my information from nutritional researchers, Weston Price, Nina Teicholz and other doctors. Not from youtube. Btw, the World Economic Forum is on YT and regularly post, normal organisations and researchers use the website so it’s getting quite tiresome now to constantly be accused of getting information from there as if this makes it automatically worthless. I also use PubMed and other medical journal data bases.

Vegan and vegetarian diets may cause those who have thyroid include exacerbated blood sugars. Animal products are a rich iodine food source. Non-meat protein sources such as legumes, dairy, grains, soy, and nuts may prevent the gut from healing, especially leaky gut. These foods are found to be reactive and can perpetuate the intestinal permeability.

Many studies indicate those who follow a vegan diet are more likely to develop hypothyroidism, as well as nutritional deficiencies iron the main one. Iron is essential for thyroid hormone production as it converts T4 to T3. Beef, chicken liver, and shellfish are all excellent sources of heme iron, a form of iron that is easily absorbed by the body. On the other hand, iron-rich plant foods, e.g.spinach, contain the non-heme form of iron, which is less readily absorbed and utilized by the body. Many vegans find it hard to absorb the required amount of iron from plant foods, putting them at greater risk for thyroid disease. A study looked at the effect of low iron in young women and found participants with lower iron levels had higher amounts of T3/T4 suggesting an impairment in thyroid metabolism.

[quote AutomaticMoon]@Lady089 Are you ok? I literally explained that I got my information from nutritional researchers, Weston Price, Nina Teicholz and other doctors. Not from youtube. Btw, the World Economic Forum is on YT and regularly post, normal organisations and researchers use the website so it’s getting quite tiresome now to constantly be accused of getting information from there as if this makes it automatically worthless. I also use PubMed and other medical journal data bases.[/quote]
I am good, are you?
It’s still info from YouTube and not reliable and stating meat eaters are healthier than vegans and it’s bad for your mental health is absolute bollocks.
It’s also much better for the environment a plant based diet, or did you conveniently forget the environment impact and ethical reasons. 73% of meat consumed by UK meat eaters is factory farmed and the animals are fed antibiotics to prevent viruses, just look at the latest bird flu outbreak, I don’t want that in my body, a meat diet has also been linked to an increased risk of cancer, so that’s a big no from me.

@AutomaticMoon

Vegan and vegetarian diets may cause those who have thyroid include exacerbated blood sugars. Animal products are a rich iodine food source. Non-meat protein sources such as legumes, dairy, grains, soy, and nuts may prevent the gut from healing, especially leaky gut. These foods are found to be reactive and can perpetuate the intestinal permeability.

Many studies indicate those who follow a vegan diet are more likely to develop hypothyroidism, as well as nutritional deficiencies iron the main one. Iron is essential for thyroid hormone production as it converts T4 to T3. Beef, chicken liver, and shellfish are all excellent sources of heme iron, a form of iron that is easily absorbed by the body. On the other hand, iron-rich plant foods, e.g.spinach, contain the non-heme form of iron, which is less readily absorbed and utilized by the body. Many vegans find it hard to absorb the required amount of iron from plant foods, putting them at greater risk for thyroid disease. A study looked at the effect of low iron in young women and found participants with lower iron levels had higher amounts of T3/T4 suggesting an impairment in thyroid metabolism.

Don’t agree with that. In my first pregnancy, I ate a meat diet, I was anaemic throughout my pregnancy.

2nd pregnancy vegetarian, had a healthy balanced diet and guess what, no anaemia.

Also 80% of the population don’t get enough iron. So meat eaters alone aren’t getting enough iron through a meat diet, there are many more foods that will provide sufficient iron, that don’t involved animal flesh (Kale, broccoli, beans etc.)

It could well be an issue somewhere along the supply chain in terms of storing the turkey at the right temperature, in particular the supermarket chiller storage itself. I work in a supermarket and I can see how this could easily happen.

Not sure why you are being blamed by some for causing the issue. Surely if that is the case more or less everyone who buys meat from a supermarket and transports it from the chiller to the till and then home would end up with rotten meat otherwise.
You’ve clearly explained that you stored the turkey in a fridge which wasn’t fluctuating in temperature. It’s a shame your meal was ruined OP, I hope next years makes up for it.

@Lady089 I think you need a steak. I repeatedly told you the information is from nutritional researchers, from their BOOKS and from scientific studies. How is that still information from youtube, exactly?