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Grass
sh.itjust.works
Grass@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-09-30 |
Both cans are same lot code but one has galvanized looking interior and has a smell I would associate with canned fish. The mango puree itself smells and tastes normal. Even the can that doesn't smell off looks a bit iffy at the seam. There is another brand with the same issue plus visible corrosion on the rim, and the only other one I've seen is likely worse since the can exteriors are all sticky and dented. Update: I have emailed what I assume to be the importer. I also found a different brand with the same problem. This one has some of the golen colour at the seam but the galv look plus some darker corroded looking spots elsewhere. The smell I said I would associate with fish is more of a nasal stinging metallic smell, but the only other thing I have detected that smell in was canned fish. I could be misidentifying it though seeing as I have worked with a multitude of metals in the past and I can't put the name of any specific metals to the smell. I drank some of the mango lassi before rinsing the can and noticing the issue but the metallic smell lingers as an aftertaste for quite some time, becoming more noticable as the mango and yogurt taste fades. |
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Micromot
piefed.social
Micromot@piefed.socialJoined: 2025-08-25 |
Maybe try sending that picture to the company that made the mangoes. I am not able to find a good source on if it is toxic or not though. |
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RumorsOfLove
lemmy.dbzer0.com
RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com Joined: 2024-07-01 |
i would avoid that. |
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GreyEyedGhost
piefed.ca
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca Joined: 2025-11-30 |
Cans shouldn't be made of heavy metals, and the can on the left looks like zinc galvanization. That said, companies all around the world do shitty things so I would look for information specific to this company. |
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krakloskewm
lemmy.zip
krakloskewm@lemmy.zip Joined: 2026-10-09 |
Not if you can eat the entire can before the gluons from the metal reach critical fart pressure |
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terranoid
lemmy.cafe
terranoid@lemmy.cafe Joined: 2026-05-08 |
If it's an issue like this, I wouldn't go by smell. You probably don't know what chemical or metal got into the food from a smell. Humans are generally good at detecting mold/bacteria smells, generally. This is not that. It looks like a food grade can lacquer to preserve the tin, and it failed. Wouldn't eat the mangoes, and I'd tell the company. It's probably not the end of the world if you ate some but I wouldn't eat the rest. Don't mess with dented cans and such. Even botulism, the really dangerous bacteria, won't often be smelled. |
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JohnnyEnzyme
piefed.social
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialJoined: 2025-06-11 |
If it's an issue like this, I wouldn't go by smell. You probably don't know what chemical or metal got into the food from a smell. Humans are generally good at detecting mold/bacteria smells, generally. This is not that. It looks like a food grade can lacquer to preserve the tin, and it failed. Wouldn't eat the mangoes, and I'd tell the company. It's probably not the end of the world if you ate...
What's the danger there? |
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Exeous
lemmy.world
Exeous@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-07-07 |
Don’t mess with dented cans and such. What's the danger there?
Dented cans can risk causing botulism if the damage breaks the airtight seal of the container, allowing Clostridium botulinum bacteria or spores to enter and grow in the low-oxygen environment |
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JohnnyEnzyme
piefed.social
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialJoined: 2025-06-11 |
Dented cans can risk causing botulism if the damage breaks the airtight seal of the container, allowing Clostridium botulinum bacteria or spores to enter and grow in the low-oxygen environment
What would be the entry point if the can's only dented? |
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Zwuzelmaus
feddit.org
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org Joined: 2024-12-14 |
Not heavy metal poisoning. Such a smell is always from bacteria. Even when there's real fish, the smell comes from bacteria (but then we think it belongs there). With mango, that smell doesn't belong there at all, and so I would throw it away in the same second when I smell it. |
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Bristlecone
lemmy.world
Bristlecone@lemmy.worldJoined: 2023-07-02 |
Botulinum toxin is nothing to fuck with dude. Just chuck that shit and buy a different brand. |
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oneser
lemmy.zip
oneser@lemmy.zip Joined: 2025-06-28 |
Botulinum toxin is nothing to fuck with dude. Just chuck that shit and buy a different brand.
Straight from the can into my eyebrows |
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theolodis
feddit.org
theolodis@feddit.org Joined: 2024-06-25 |
What would be the entry point if the can's only dented?
A hole would be the entry point. Bacteris and spores are pretty small, so it could be a very small hole. |
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diegantobass
lemmy.world
diegantobass@lemmy.worldJoined: 2023-07-24 |
If you ask, you know you already have something of an answer :) DO NOT EAT THE FISHY MANGO |
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Fallibilist
feddit.uk
Fallibilist@feddit.uk Joined: 2026-09-15 |
Cans shouldn't be made of heavy metals, and the can on the left looks like zinc galvanization. That said, companies all around the world do shitty things so I would look for information specific to this company.
It's not the metal can I'd be worried about but the coating that now is in the content itself. |
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pawb.social
Kolanaki@pawb.socialJoined: 2024-10-06 |
Straight from the can into my eyebrows
Make sure to get under the eye for those crows feet, also. |
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Grass
sh.itjust.works
Grass@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-09-30 |
smell I would associate with canned fish. Not heavy metal poisoning. Such a smell is always from bacteria. Even when there's real fish, the smell comes from bacteria (but then we think it belongs there). With mango, that smell doesn't belong there at all, and so I would throw it away in the same second when I smell it.
its not so much a fishy smell, but a metallic one that I have only ever picked up as a scent note in canned fish. It kinda stings in the nasal passage. |
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Diplomjodler
lemmy.world
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.worldJoined: 2024-01-08 |
If it doesn't look right and doesn't smell right, it's an easy decision to make unless you're stuck in a bunker with zombies outside and food is running low. |
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Zwuzelmaus
feddit.org
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org Joined: 2024-12-14 |
its not so much a fishy smell, but a metallic one that I have only ever picked up as a scent note in canned fish. It kinda stings in the nasal passage.
Then maybe ammonia gas, or some acid, but I don't really know. |
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lenhaas2001
lemmy.dbzer0.com
lenhaas2001@lemmy.dbzer0.com Joined: 2026-09-16 |
Dont eat canned food |
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ominous ocelot
leminal.space
probable_possum@leminal.space Joined: 2025-08-14 |
If you ask, you know you already have something of an answer :) DO NOT EAT THE FISHY MANGO
Or do and report back with the outcome. You might spend some time on the toilet, so you're going to have time to. No seriously: don't! Botulism can be lethal. After some days of suffering. |
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Typotyper
sh.itjust.works
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2024-08-25 |
How large of a brans is it, and is it from your country. I work at a small food plant who only sells to our own country. We send out free products all the time as a sorry. Some really dumb complaints but out the free box goes |
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Badabinski
kbin.earth
Badabinski@kbin.earth Joined: 2024-06-09 |
Dont eat canned food
why not‽ |
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ilinamorato
lemmy.world
ilinamorato@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-09-27 |
The final product might be from the same lot, but the cans themselves may not be. I wouldn't be as worried about the lining as about the smell. |
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diegantobass
lemmy.world
diegantobass@lemmy.worldJoined: 2023-07-24 |
Or do and report back with the outcome. You might spend some time on the toilet, so you're going to have time to. No seriously: don't! Botulism can be lethal. After some days of suffering.
I can't write back when I'm puking. |
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ominous ocelot
leminal.space
probable_possum@leminal.space Joined: 2025-08-14 |
I can't write back when I'm puking.
Oh. Right. Glad you didn't try the fishy mango. |
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percent
infosec.pub
percent@infosec.pub Joined: 2025-05-03 |
Not sure about the can, but I'd recommend not eating any canned fruit that had its liner dissolved into it. I don't think the liner was made to be consumed. To be clear: I'm not a doctor, nor am I an expert in anything I just said. I'm just guessing here |
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crystalmathadept
lemmy.zip
crystalmathadept@lemmy.zip Joined: 2026-08-15 |
Dented cans can risk causing botulism if the damage breaks the airtight seal of the container, allowing Clostridium botulinum bacteria or spores to enter and grow in the low-oxygen environment
Swollen dented cans are the ones to avoid, as in dented outward |
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diegantobass
lemmy.world
diegantobass@lemmy.worldJoined: 2023-07-24 |
Oh. Right. Glad you didn't try the fishy mango.
Too tempting |
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Pretty_Critter
lemmy.zip
Pretty_Critter@lemmy.zip Joined: 2025-06-29 |
I've had this happen too. I couldn't use the can because of the metallic taste. It has put me off buying canned mango pulp for a while. |
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Grass
sh.itjust.works
Grass@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-09-30 |
Dont eat canned food
I generally don't since I worked at a grocery store service desk before ever buying my own food and the cans that got returned were really disgusting, but I figured it might work with my crappy blender. I ended up just buying one used that can supposedly blend rock solid frozen fruit and getting a new container for it and I'll just cut and freeze mangos myself when they are available. |
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