Sainsbury's Margarita made my girlfriend sick

mo786uk

I believe alcohol over a certain strength does not need to indicate any ingredients but it must contain allergenic ingredients

sulphites is one of them but nothing about aspartame

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mattyprice4004

Jonathon_Barnes wrote: »

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.

While trying to be as nice as possible, you have no claim for the following reasons.

1. Ingredients don't have to be listed on certain items, if they weren't on this then I can assume this item falls under the criteria. It is your girlfriend's responsibility to make sure the drink doesn't contain anything she's sensitive to, not the other way around.

2. How the... is aspartame potentially poisonous?! I'm lactose sensitive, but that doesn't mean all milk is poisonous. What a silly thing to say.

I think your partner needs to read up on her allergy, be properly tested if she hasn't already, and employ some common sense when purchasing items with no ingredients list.

baza52

Id buy her another bottle, let her drink it and see if she is ill again.
If she is tell her never to drink it again and if she isnt blame the takeaway.

fluffnutter

Did she drink the whole bottle? It's the same strength as wine. TBH, if someone came on here and said "My girlfriend drank a bottle of wine and threw up all night. Do you think she can claim compo seeing as she's clearly allergic to it?" people wouldn't take you all that seriously....

maninthestreet

I must be allergic to yeast - I drink 10 pints of beer, then I'm violently ill for hours on end and have a massive headache. Either that, or I have alcoholic bulimia.

Hintza

OP how do you know it wasn't the Foie Gras pate she ate?

pendulum

maninthestreet wrote: »

I must be allergic to yeast - I drink 10 pints of beer, then I'm violently ill for hours on end and have a massive headache.

That's happened to me before after 10 pints, but there were a lot of girls in the club and I think my drink may have been spiked by one of them, I can't think of any other explanation.

NiallB

pendulum wrote: »

That's happened to me before after 10 pints, but there were a lot of girls in the club and I think my drink may have been spiked by one of them, I can't think of any other explanation.

Dirty glass. Sue the dishwasher :beer:

ThumbRemote

According to the Food Standards Agency, "products containing sweeteners such as aspartame must show the statement 'with sweetener(s)' on the label close to the main product name."

http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/chemsafe/additivesbranch/sweeteners/55174

To reply to the OPs point B, you certainly have a right to complain if the item was mislabelled. You may also be able to claim compensation, as it would suggest negligence on Sainsburys part.

pulliptears

I also have a pretty severe reaction to aspartame, usually leading to crippling stomach pains, headache and in extreme cases sickness. For this reason if there are no ingredients on the food I'm buying I simply don't buy it. Its preferable to the 12 hours of misery that would ensue from taking the chance.