When ordering at a cafe or purchasing groceries, we typically don’t expect to find surprises in our food. Yet, errors in production lines or daydreaming chefs can lead to inedible but intriguing things ending up in our food. Discovering items such as spiders, fishing hooks, or screws in your meal poses safety issues. Statistics show that approximately 600 million people fall ill after consuming contaminated food.
Given these potential risks, the Bored Panda team has compiled a list of photos showcasing some of the most unexpected items people were shocked to find in their food. Luckily, these items were noticed long before reaching someone’s mouth.
It’s a reminder to be extra observant the next time you sit down for a meal, and let’s hope you’re not snacking as you scroll through this list.
#1 Found A Treble Clef In My Arby’s Curly Fries Once
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#2 While Eating A Piece Of Lettuce, I Discovered This Metal Object That I Almost Swallowed, But Fortunately, I Didn’t. I’ve Included A Banana In The Photo For Scale Reference
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#3 He’s So Adorable, Is This My Starter Pokémon?
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#4 My Orange Had A Tiny Mini Orange Growing Inside Of It
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#5 Found A Perfect Salt Crystal In My Sea Salt Packet
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#6 I Almost Ate A Praying Mantis That Was In My Salad
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#7 My Chinese Food Has A Carrot That’s Cut Up Like A Fish
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#8 Found A Starfish In One Of My Mussels
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#9 I Bought Sausage, And Then Found This
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#10 Frog Flavor
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#11 My Wife Cut Open Some Squid While Making Dinner To Find The Squid’s Dinner
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#12 This Shell In My Sea Salt
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#13 Found A Pearl In My Oysters
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#14 A Scorpion Tail Was Found In This Ice Cream
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#15 Couldn’t Get This Beer Open For 10 Minutes Straight. Pried Off The Top To Find Another Top
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#16 With Added Ferrum
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#17 Cut The Top Of A Green Bell Pepper At Work To Find It’s Smiling At Me
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#18 Found This Feathery Bastard Standing In My Dinner Last Night, He’s Refusing To Move
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#19 Potato In My Potato Chips
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#20 Work In Food Production, Found A Baby Carrot We All Thought Was A Human Finger At First
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#21 My Ice Cream Was Solid Ice On The Inside
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#22 My Bag Of Mixed Veggies
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#23 Found The Spoon, Honey
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#24 Got A Surprise In My Pizza Tonight
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#25 I Found This In My Bag Of Cheetos And I Have No Clue What It Is
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#26 I Found These Crystals At The Bottom Of A Bottle Of Maple Syrup That Sat In The Back Of My Refrigerator For A Few Years
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#27 This Egg Had Two Full Layers Of Egg Shell
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#28 My Kid Got A Box Of Onions Instead Of Nuggets In His Happy Meal
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#29 I Found A Single Piece Of Bicycle-Shaped Pasta In My Penne
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#30 Found A Living Black Widow Between My Organic Grapes
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#31 Found This In My Dinner
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#32 This Dijon Mustard Came Without A Lid, And The Expiration Date Was Printed Onto The Mustard Inside
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#33 My Oyster Had A Little Crab Inside Of It
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#34 I Just Bit Down On A Screw In My Bagel From Noah’s Bagels
I felt a sharp pain as I bit down and couldn’t believe what I just found. Location was in Sherman Oaks, CA.
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#35 This Beautiful Salt Crystal That Formed Inside My Instant Ramen’s Sauce Packet
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#36 My Frozen Pizza Had The Cardboard In Between The Toppings And The Crust
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#37 Just Found A Lug Nut In My Fruit Bar
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#38 This Rotisserie Chicken My Sister Bought Came With The Rod Still Attached
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#39 Found A Dead Bee Inside My Honey
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#40 I Wondered Why My Chips Had No Flavor. All The Seasonings Were Clumped Together In The Shape Of A Rock
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#41 Today I Found A Tiny Shell In My Sea Salt
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#42 A Bullet Was Found In My Moose Ribeye
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#43 Found This In My Take-Out From My Favorite Chinese Restaurant
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#44 Found This Is In My Bag Of Peanuts Today
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#45 Found This Steel Plate In My Papa John’s Pizza Takeout
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#46 Found A Live Spider In My Unopened Queso After Breaking The Seal
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#47 Found A Yellow Airhead Bite But It Doesn’t Exist According To The Flavor Guide
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#48 Opened A Clif Builder Bar To Find A Piece Taken Out
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#49 My Friend Ordered A Burger And It Arrived With A Metal Screw
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#50 This Folded Pringle My Friend Found In The Can
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#51 I Found A Tiny Rock In My Potato
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