Quorn makes my family ill

[dawn96]

Worst parent award goes to me after a couple months of my daughter getting sick on and off ,vomiting diarrhoea and now a rash I’ve discovered the cause is quorn! And only because my partner had some and the same happened to him ,The company say it’s something like 1 in 200000 people will get a reaction to it but that’s two just in my household ,Anyone else intolerant to quorn ? it’s an interesting one

[anothermansmother]

Me too and ds, we found out after I'd tried quorn rather than mince thinking less saturated fat etc. It was not a good night. Happened again when friend served chilli for lunch. She told us it was a vegetable chilli, so didn't expect quorn, I thought we had done kind of food poisoning, nope turns out we can't tolerate quorn, it was only s couple of days later that I asked her if anyone else had been ill, that she sent me a list of everything in the food. ( I'm allergic to lots of things) and first ingredient was quorn.

[dawn96]

Oh wow they need to advertise some how that lots of people have quite a reaction to the stuff ! I’m a vegetarian I usually use other things but when I feel naughty I love the nuggets and things like that ! It’s put me off for life so much so I feel like going back to the real thing lol

[YeOldeTrout]

Stupidly expensive. No flavour.

[QuestionableMouse]

Iirc it says in the packet. They can't make it more obvious than that.

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[Windbeneathmybingowings]

I think they down play it tbh. They say 1 in 200 will be intolerant, that’s 0.5% of the population but bear in mind that that’s the general population and not vegetarians so mostwon’t eat it and will never realise they are intolerant. Google just said that 10% of people are vegetarian in Europe so that’s only, what? 0.005% of people who will be intolerant and actually present with symptoms because they are the people eating it? We’ve found more than that on this thread 😂

[Windbeneathmybingowings]

www.quorn.co.uk/intolerance

[dawn96]

There’s so many kids that will only eat chicken nuggets who’s parents have started using quorn nuggets as they’re “healthier” there’s about to be a whole lot of school absences haha

[Sunshinewithshowers123]

I can't eat it, nothing serious just bloating

[JurassicGirl]

Our family are all fine with Quorn & most of my side of extended family are vegetarian & they're all fine too.

Maybe try soya, wheat or tofu if you're looking for meat free protein? As well as lentils, beans etc

[BlackPrism]

No we're good with it, but soya can be very hard on the gut and lots are intolerant to large amounts of it.
You're not a bad parent for not automatically knowing that your family can't eat what a lot of others can

[Hoppinggreen]

Gives dd an itchy throat and breathing problems
Unfortunately she is a veggie and 3 out of the 5 days at school Quorn is on the menu

[IWantToBeNynaeve]

My ds2 can't eat it either, he gets dreadful cramps and diarrhoea.

[IHaveBrilloHair]

I get it, horrid violent diaorrhea for hours.
It's nasty processed shite.

[Phew999]

I don’t eat it that often anymore but I always get bad hiccups if I eat the deli style stuff (cocktail sausages, scotch eggs etc) Fine with the cooked products!

[dontgobaconmyheart]

Another one here that gets stomach ache and...ahem....mild bowel issues if I eat it, same with DH. In fact based on anecdotal conversation I think pretty much everyone I know says similar. I have a friend who ends up with her head in the toilet if she consumes it. It's gross anyway, and has a horrible aftertaste to it, I think, plus ultimately is processed food anyway.

DH tolerates the mild gastric issues because he likes it to bulk out a meal (he's a lifelong vegetarian) but I'd rather skip it. I don't find it absorbs flavour that well in things like curries, unless you want to let it marinate for days all you seem to get is a great curry with the taste of quorn. Hardly a worthwhile addition in my books . The mince is ok, but that seems even worse on our stomachs.

Totally agree that getting better at creating flavour in vegetarian food just makes you not need or want it.

[PippilottaLongstocking]

It sets off my friends asthma really badly

[Tika77]

We’re all fine with quorn. But it’s not the best veggie alternative as quite processed.

[ememem84]

I can’t handle it. Bloats cramps and then serious farts.

Not cool.

[mum2jakie]

Gives me the shits!

[WhenLifeGivesYouLemonsx]

It gives me a belly ache and diarrhoea.

I use red lentils instead of quorn. Much better!

[dawn96]

My partner has COPD (otherwise healthy 23 year old) and my daughter has asthma dodgy chest runs in the family 😅 we did wonder if it was related like eczema and asthma are

[SinisterBumFacedCat]

Blimey! Never heard of this and i’ve been eating it for years. I love it in a spag bol. I do get severe allergies to all nuts, rules out veganism for me.

[SinisterBumFacedCat]

Also do have eczema and asthma but no problems with Qworn. Horrible way to find out OP

[MashedSpud]

The mince bloats me but I’m fine with the other products.

[Tawdrylocalbrouhaha]

I like Quorn and eat it regularly, but it does cause wind (gale force).

I know two vegetarians who absolutely can't eat it - one thought she was dying and went to A&E. Then while she was waiting she used the bathroom, which resolved the problem, so she slunk home, never to eat Quorn again.