Sainsbury's Margarita made my girlfriend sick

Jonathon_Barnes

My girlfriend suffered from violent vomiting over the weekend after drinking some Sainsburys Margarita (700ml). :eek: The bottle does not contain any ingredients, and she can only assume it has Aspartame in it.

She sometimes reacts badly if she intakes the artificial sweetener by mistake and it seems the only possible outcome seeing as we both ate and drank the same for the rest of the evening.

Does anybody know if A) the margarita mix does contain aspartame, and do we have any right to complain and claim compensation as the label did not make it clear that a potentially posionous chemical was in the product.

monkeymo

It could have been something dirty which was on the bottle.

I was violently sick after drinking 75% of a bottle of Grolsch the other day. I drank it out of the bottle without first cleaning the bottle top. The beer wasn't bad as I know bad beer when I taste it. I can only assume that there was some nasty bacteria on the bottle...

Jonathon_Barnes

hmmm I see where you are coming from, but she drunk it from a glass so I don't know if it will have the same effect

joannaspanner

Marge: "Homer.. Have you been drinking?"

Homer: "No, well ten beers''

Jonathon_Barnes

'lol':beer:

Middy

Jonathon_Barnes wrote: »

My girlfriend suffered from violent vomiting over the weekend after drinking some Sainsburys Margarita (700ml). :eek: The bottle does not contain any ingredients, and she can only assume it has Aspartame in it.

She sometimes reacts badly if she intakes the artificial sweetener by mistake and it seems the only possible outcome seeing as we both ate and drank the same for the rest of the evening.

Does anybody know if A) the margarita mix does contain aspartame, and do we have any right to complain and claim compensation as the label did not make it clear that a potentially posionous chemical was in the product.

As a Sainsburys employee, I know if you ring the careline on 0800 636262 and press option 5. They will be able to find out for you the ingredients. My friend phoned them up to find out which products on the instore bakery counter were veggie friendly - as some products with icing contain gelatine.

The product number is 7441157.

fluffnutter

This type of drink often contains artificial sweeteners. Whilst I think it's pretty shoddy that you can't find the ingredients easily I do also think that your girlfriend has a responsibility to herself to avoid things that potentially contain aspartame given that it makes her so ill. It's not like she's eating something that you'd not think in a million years might contain aspartame - chances are most ready-made sweetish cocktails will. Why risk it?

arcon5

Is the ingredient a "poisonous chemical" or does she just have an allergy ?

jamespir

did she have a hangover ?

custardy

Jonathon_Barnes wrote: »

My girlfriend suffered from violent vomiting over the weekend after drinking some Sainsburys Margarita (700ml). :eek: The bottle does not contain any ingredients, and she can only assume it has Aspartame in it.

She sometimes reacts badly if she intakes the artificial sweetener by mistake and it seems the only possible outcome seeing as we both ate and drank the same for the rest of the evening.

Does anybody know if A) the margarita mix does contain aspartame, and do we have any right to complain and claim compensation as the label did not make it clear that a potentially posionous chemical was in the product.

it refers to containing sulphites on the website?

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp?bmUID=1330455630296

does the label?

most likely this is the cause If she is sensitive to aspartame

s_b

obvious answer for people with reaction problems and unaware of contents of a bottle after calling in at the offy on the way back from the pub
is make your own margeret eata

2 Measures Tequila
1 Measure Cointreau
0.5 Measure Lime Juice