Clif Bars now include a special bonus!

jonnythan
jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I was finishing up a Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch Clif Bar a little while ago. I love Cif Bars and this is one of my favorite flavors. On the last bite I felt something a little chewy that I couldn't quite get through. I pulled it out and swallowed what was left in my mouth.

I sat staring at this item for about 5 minutes.

I eventually went to the bathroom and washed it off in the sink. Turns out it was a torn strip of cloth, about 3" long. Stretchy, woven, looks like it used to be white. Looks like it used to be...... a piece of gauze.

A piece of gauze with a reddish brown coloration that doesn't quite match the Clif Bar it was in. I took a pic of it, but won't embed the image for the sake of your stomachs: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12873062/mfp/3.jpg

So, hey. That's cool. The friendly guys at Clif have decided to start including little special bonuses with some Clif Bars. So it's kind of like I won.

But anyway. The real question I have is: is it organic? I'd hate to think that if Clif were going to include used bandages inside their products, they'd at least eco-friendly Certified Organic used bandages, right? Am I worrying over nothing?
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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    It is not organic. The blood is, but the gauze is not.
  • mabbzie
    mabbzie Posts: 161 Member
    Aw man, I sometimes pick up the Clif Builder's bars when I need a boost. I wonder how many special bonuses I accidently swallowed?! Gosh darned it.
  • Im4gin3th4t
    Im4gin3th4t Posts: 29 Member
    **mental note** never buying clif products again. lol so gross.
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    Uhhhhhhh....that looks exactly like someone's bandage....with some extra iron.
  • EmilyEmpowered
    EmilyEmpowered Posts: 650 Member
    If something feels off texture-wise, I normally spit it out in the trash without looking. This is so disgusting :sick:
  • mcgeorge5
    mcgeorge5 Posts: 92 Member
    oh why oh why must I be a nosey curious sort? I did not really want to look at that....

    ;)
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    It is not organic. The blood is, but the gauze is not.
    Agreed. :sick:
  • Keiras_Mom
    Keiras_Mom Posts: 844 Member
    I find stuff in my food all the time. I have to say though, that may be among the worst! Looks like coflex to me, which is designed to stay on, which makes it even more disturbing.
  • BattleTaxi
    BattleTaxi Posts: 752 Member
    Omg.. D:
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    It is not organic. The blood is, but the gauze is not.
    dude, what do you think gauze is made from? COTTON!


    It's all organic - no worries OP
  • Quieau
    Quieau Posts: 428 Member
    Looking kind of like a tampon.
  • GetSoda
    GetSoda Posts: 1,267 Member
    about as good a source a protein as the soy in them.
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    about as good a source a protein as the soy in them.

    Hahahaha, a least blood's a complete protein
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Just think: added iron.
  • thisisit114
    thisisit114 Posts: 3
    In one of my science magazines at sixth form there was something about food contamination and some guy sent in a picture of the loaf of bread he bought from the shop which came with an added extra.
    The tip of someones thumb......turned out they were untrained and had got it caught in the machinery...ewww
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    I was finishing up a Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch Clif Bar a little while ago. I love Cif Bars and this is one of my favorite flavors. On the last bite I felt something a little chewy that I couldn't quite get through. I pulled it out and swallowed what was left in my mouth.

    I sat staring at this item for about 5 minutes.

    I eventually went to the bathroom and washed it off in the sink. Turns out it was a torn strip of cloth, about 3" long. Stretchy, woven, looks like it used to be white. Looks like it used to be...... a piece of gauze.

    A piece of gauze with a reddish brown coloration that doesn't quite match the Clif Bar it was in. I took a pic of it, but won't embed the image for the sake of your stomachs: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12873062/mfp/3.jpg

    So, hey. That's cool. The friendly guys at Clif have decided to start including little special bonuses with some Clif Bars. So it's kind of like I won.

    But anyway. The real question I have is: is it organic? I'd hate to think that if Clif were going to include used bandages inside their products, they'd at least eco-friendly Certified Organic used bandages, right? Am I worrying over nothing?

    all organic, cotton, blood and whatnot. However you should write them a letter. ONe time i wrote popsicle company a heads up that some pop sticks were broken and unsafe for the kiddo's just as an FYI and they sent me vouchers for free popsicles. maybe you can get some free gauze bars out of this.
  • Mgregory723
    Mgregory723 Posts: 529 Member
    What has been seen can never be unseen :sick:

    Ewwww.......Why oh why did I have to look? :sad:

    I would contact customer service and let them check out that lovely pic, I see FREE STUFF in your future!! :drinker:
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    BTW i'm sorry this happened to you. Sersly. Nobody deserves that. IT's beyond yuck. ((((hugs))))
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    What has been seen can never be unseen :sick:

    Ewwww.......Why oh why did I have to look? :sad:

    I would contact customer service and let them check out that lovely pic, I see FREE STUFF in your future!! :drinker:

    In all fairness, I wouldn't want free stuff from them now...
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    BTW i'm sorry this happened to you. Sersly. Nobody deserves that. IT's beyond yuck. ((((hugs))))

    I'm sure I deserved it for something.
  • Mgregory723
    Mgregory723 Posts: 529 Member
    What has been seen can never be unseen :sick:

    Ewwww.......Why oh why did I have to look? :sad:

    I would contact customer service and let them check out that lovely pic, I see FREE STUFF in your future!! :drinker:

    In all fairness, I wouldn't want free stuff from them now...

    True....but the free stuff doesn't have to be a Clif bar...just sayin'
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    What has been seen can never be unseen :sick:

    Ewwww.......Why oh why did I have to look? :sad:

    I would contact customer service and let them check out that lovely pic, I see FREE STUFF in your future!! :drinker:

    In all fairness, I wouldn't want free stuff from them now...

    True....but the free stuff doesn't have to be a Clif bar...just sayin'

    Hopefully this 'free stuff' will be green....
  • Mgregory723
    Mgregory723 Posts: 529 Member
    What has been seen can never be unseen :sick:

    Ewwww.......Why oh why did I have to look? :sad:

    I would contact customer service and let them check out that lovely pic, I see FREE STUFF in your future!! :drinker:

    In all fairness, I wouldn't want free stuff from them now...

    True....but the free stuff doesn't have to be a Clif bar...just sayin'

    Hopefully this 'free stuff' will be green....

    Now you're talkin" Show me, er him the money!! :wink:
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
    Ew. :sick:

    That sucks.
  • Ladydrake12
    Ladydrake12 Posts: 45 Member
    OMG, I get nauseous just thinking about that.
  • ReadynWillin
    ReadynWillin Posts: 104
    :sick: I don't even.

    I'd say glad I don't eat cliff bars, but really, there's no telling what goes on at *any* processing plant...

    I used to work at a printshop warehouse. I'd bleed all over the paper before I could manage to bandage my latest paper cuts. That was an average day of work. But in the food industry--I don't want to think about it.
  • metaphoria
    metaphoria Posts: 1,432 Member
    Mmmmmm hepatitis.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Update: they are sending me a free box and have requested the, uh, object.

    Gonna have to tell em it didn't even occur to me to keep it.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    I can't...*herk*
  • CeleryStalker
    CeleryStalker Posts: 665 Member
    You're handling this a lot more calmly than I think I could. Ugh. That pic was just out of this world disgusting. Between my kids and my husband, we're about a box a week Clif bar family. gag.....

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