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Will my mango lassi give me heavy metal poisoning or some other chemical build up from seemingly dissolved liner?
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Grass sh.itjust.works Grass@sh.itjust.works
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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.
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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.social
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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
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i would avoid that.

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GreyEyedGhost piefed.ca GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
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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
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#5 · Quote Reply

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
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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.social
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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...

Don’t mess with dented cans and such.

What's the danger there?

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Exeous lemmy.world Exeous@lemmy.world
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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.social
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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
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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.

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Bristlecone lemmy.world Bristlecone@lemmy.world
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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
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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
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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.world
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#14 · Quote Reply

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
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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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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
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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.world
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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
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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.

but a metallic one [...] 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
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Dont eat canned food

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ominous ocelot leminal.space probable_possum@leminal.space
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#21 · (edited) Quote Reply

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
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#22 · Quote Reply

How large of a brans is it, and is it from your country.
Contact someone and complain.

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
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#23 · Quote Reply

Dont eat canned food

why not‽

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ilinamorato lemmy.world ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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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.world
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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
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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
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#27 · Quote Reply

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
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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.world
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Oh. Right. Glad you didn't try the fishy mango.

Too tempting

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Pretty_Critter lemmy.zip Pretty_Critter@lemmy.zip
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#30 · Quote Reply

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
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#31 · Quote Reply

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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