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Mum left 'gagging' after finding 'hundreds of tiny fish eggs' inside son's fish fingers

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Published 14:37 28 Mar 2023 GMT+1

Mum left 'gagging' after finding 'hundreds of tiny fish eggs' inside son's fish fingers

Chelsea Freer bought the Asda Essentials fish fingers for 75p, but discovered that one appeared to be full of fish eggs

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

A mum was left absolutely disgusted to the point of ‘gagging’ after she discovered what looked like a load of fish eggs in some Asda fish fingers.

WARNING – if you’ve got a nasty case of trypophobia or are generally of a squeamish disposition, this might be far enough for you.

That warning should probably extend to people who like fish fingers as well, because some of this might put you off.

Of course, people do actually eat fish eggs, and in fact some people pay a load of money to do just that when buying caviar, but it’s hardly what you’d want to see when you’re just after a classic fish finger sandwich.

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However, Middlesbrough mum Chelsea Freer discovered what appeared to be a load of fish eggs in some Asda Essentials fish fingers that she was about to feed to her two-year-old son.

The fish finger seemed to contain loads of fish eggs.
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The 25-year-old immediately thought something was up when she cut into the finger to check it was cooked.

When doing so, she noticed there were ‘small balls’ inside it, instead of the ‘minced Alaska pollock’ fish it was purported to contain.

The box of fish fingers cost 75p for 10 fingers, but this one contained ‘hundreds’ of white balls inside it, wrapped up in breadcrumbs.

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Just before she gave it to her son Leland, she spotted the unusual piece of food, immediately sharing it on Facebook to warn others, writing that it was ‘full of fish eggs’.

Asda has said that while there is a process to avoid roe – fish eggs, to you and me – getting into products, there's always a small risk.

The chain also apologised to Chelsea and confirmed it had no ‘similar’ complaints.

Chelsea and her son Leland.
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Chelsea said: "When I saw the eggs I felt sick looking at them. I gagged.

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"When I take things out of the air fryer I cut them to make sure they're fully cooked.

“When I did I could see the balls.

"There weren't any fish in there. It was just full of eggs. The casing was hiding them all.

"When I chopped another one in half it was alright but I threw them all in the bin. It's put me off buying fish from there.

"Leland loves fish fingers but I'm too scared to give him them now.

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“My boyfriend has said make sure you don't give him fish fingers ever again.

"I'm glad I checked and I'd encourage other parents to check too. That's why I put it on Facebook."

Chelsea bought the fish fingers near her home in Middlesbrough, heading back afterwards to complain.

She was given a £5 voucher, but refused another box of fish fingers.

Then, she made an email complaint to the supermarket.

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Facebook users were also shocked by what she found.
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A spokesperson for Asda said: "Unfortunately the nature of using fish means that there is always a small risk of roe making its way into the final product.

"We have processes in place throughout the supply chain from catch to processing, including avoiding times of the year when this is more likely occur and we have received no similar complaints about this issue.

"We understand that Ms. Freer has taken the product back into store and has received a full refund as well as a gesture of goodwill, and we apologise again for any inconvenience this may have caused her."

LADbible has contacted Asda for further comment.

Featured Image Credit: Kennedy News & Media

Topics: UK News, Food And Drink, Weird, Shopping, Animals

Tom Wood
Tom Wood

Tom Wood is a LADbible journalist and Twin Peaks enthusiast. Despite having a career in football cut short by a chronic lack of talent, he managed to obtain degrees from both the University of London and Salford. According to his French teacher, at the weekend he mostly likes to play football and go to the park with his brother. Contact Tom on [email protected]

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