Why is Daily Harvest Making People Violently Ill? (Lentil & Leek Crumble Recall--Overview & Updates)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2024
- This story just keeps getting more crazy.
/ totallyforkable
firsthand tiktok accounts 00:00
intro/disclaimers 00:41
what happened? 02:40
what are the daily harvest crumbles? 03:31
who has been impacted by this? 04:47
what happened? current theories 05:44
daily harvest's response 08:57
Dr. Sarah Taber's twitter thread on food safety 12:37
CEO Rachel Drori's Forbes article 15:45
implications for veganism 17:42
what does this mean for daily harvest? 18:53
outro 20:00
The contents of this video, including the title and the thumbnail text, are all alleged. I have no proof of these situations occurring and am basing my reporting off of published articles and firsthand social media accounts. All research was gathered from the public domain. I am not liable for any misinformation.
This is majorly under reported!!! A product this niche having THIS MANY issues is MAJOR NEWS. Jif peanut butter had a salmonella outbreak and of the millions of people who eat jif peanut butter they had only 16 hospitalizations! So the people saying recall is a normal thing in food are trying to minimize the severity of this news
I agree; it's shocking it's not a bigger story!
I am SO sorry for everyone that was effected by this product. I had a near exact experience in October 2021 (not from eating this product, it was something else) and after visiting the ER several times, high liver enzymes, gallbladder stones, diarrhea, blurry vision, popping ears, itching... NOBODY could figure out what was wrong with me and it eventually got to the point where anxiety was blamed and everyone dismissed me. This situation has made me feel so validated in what I went through. I speculated it was possibly the chicken wings I had eaten from a restaurant, because I fell violently after eating that. I am STILL effected to this day from it and still haven't been treated, so I am afraid my liver may be permanently damaged. (Sorry to go off topic with my own experience, but these things happen!! Don't let your doctor call you crazy)
Can you please share the food you ate????
@@UdoADHD Chicken boneless wings from a restaurant called Fire Wings
I'm so sorry you had that experience!! And that you were dismissed; it sounds like a very similar reaction!
This is an incredibly scary situation to me. To think that people trying to be healthy suffered severe and potentially permanent health problems from poisoning this serious due to an untested food ingredient.
Yes it’s definitely scary and according to the people I follow on twitter who were victims, they have never gotten proper closure.
You are kind of the YT authority on this company, so this was frighteningly interesting, considering your previous postings. I'm a trained cook and, boy, the stories I could tell about _regulated_ food service, so what this suggests is that with these small scale meal delivery companies with minimal regulation, the customer has no idea about the chain of custody of ingredients/their sourcing, or even the preparation of the food products themselves. These could be made in a commissary God knows where, and that is why a food additive almost unknown here can end up in a ready-to-heat or eat product. Your instincts are good, Marielle. Thanks for posting!
Oh wow, Tamara, I would hate to think what you’ve seen in the food industry 🫣 Totally agree with what you said; the biggest irony of course being how these companies hammer “transparency” as their biggest selling point 🥴😷
When you're in the food industry and you cause your customers this level of suffering because of negligence, you deserve to get canceled.
It's really scary; something obviously went very wrong.
It could be something that no one could have foreseen too. Accidents do happen and no amount of "negligence mitigation" could do anything
Thank you for covering this! I discovered your channel through one of your Daily Harvest videos and have got a few boxes from them (luckily not recently and not the lentil crumbles). Also, I first learned about people getting sick from this on your Instagram. Very scary, and the way DH has handled it makes me never want to order from them again. I need to think carefully about the other food deliveries I’ve been getting too. If Tara was the toxic ingredient I wonder if DH was trying to find a cheap source of protein and relying on misguided trust that anything natural and plant-based must be good for you.
Eva, I totally forgot you first found me through a DH video! I’m so relieved you hadn’t done an order in a while, either! I agree there is so much to be desired in their response and in how these companies are apparently run. The twitter thread I discussed in the video was extremely enlightening to me regarding the flaws in these DTC businesses 😕
How in the world is this not in the news?! I just found out about this on TikTok. Wow.
It's been very underreported. DH is a huge company with a lot of influence. Scary.
It’s in the news, I came here after watching the news on tv with my grandma
I am just now watching this. Catching up on your vids! I also remember when all this was going down because I was an avid Daily Harvest customer at the time. Obviously I have hesitated since to order their products again. It's just a reminder that a lot of the vegan food market is super new. There's a lot of scrambling to create novel meat free products. On the one hand, it's great that there are so many meat alternatives now, on the other hand it means that there are a lot of companies out there willing to cut corners in order to be the first to innovate. There was also news with Beyond Meats cutting corners. Plants can kill. Just because something is "all natural" or vegan, it doesn't mean that there aren't mistakes that can be made to make the food unsafe to eat. Be careful out there everyone! I love trying new foods as much as the next person but if you don't understand what it is (regardless of whether it's natural, vegan, plant based, or whatever) you probably should avoid it. It's definitely on a much different scale vs actual food poisoning but I remember back in the day when all the butter alternatives were made with hydrogenated soybean oil. I have been lactose intolerant for a long time but because we had family friends who were chemists telling us to avoid it, our family never bought that stuff. We used all the other dairy free alternatives but still bought real butter, and now hydrogenated soybean oil is illegal. Anyway, just because something is vegan, it doesn't mean it's good for you and it definitely doesn't mean it can't make you ill. Just be careful, read labels. Now with the internet, you can research literally every ingredient under the sun. Just be careful everyone! This won't be the last time this happens with how popular Direct to Consumer groceries have gotten, especially since the pandemic.
Very disturbing. They had some great products (specifically the smoothies which were SO convenient and for the most part really tasty), but the fact that the people affected have never, to this day, gotten any closure is really alarming and infuriating.
@@TotallyForkable Disturbing indeed! I'm still on their email lists and they don't make any mention of the past issues. I feel bad for all the folks out there who are unwittingly signing up for their services, not knowing of what they could be potentially risking!
I'm relieved that I never ended up trying the crumbles. They really did look good (they have great marketing!) and I wanted to try them but their prices were simply too high for what I thought it was at the time. I really thought it was over priced TVP. No one would have gotten sick if they just stuck to tried and true ingredients. Although, I must admit that I did like trying the novel ingredients at DH, but usually they highlight their novel ingredients. This was the first time they didn't highlight the novel plant based ingredient in a product on the outset. It took months to figure out what ingredient was actually causing the problem.
Yes--at that time I was in the habit of ordering new Daily Harvest products to make video reviews. I am SO happy that I hadn't gotten around to ordering the crumbles. It's really such a shame bc I know a lot of non-vegans buy Daily Harvest and I can't help but think it must have given people a negative association with plant meats as this was DH's first foray into the category and they f***ed it up so royally 🤦🏻♀️
@@TotallyForkable That's a totally valid point! I hope not too. I am an omnivore but I love vegetables, my husband worked at a vegan restaurant for years. It wasn't our first experience with plant based meat substitutes but I am sure for a lot of other people it was! So sad!
I just decided to scroll through the FDA’s recall announcements page for fun, and was surprised to see this announcement. Came to TH-cam to learn more. First saw the TMZ story and then came across your video. Very well done and informative. This is a terrifying situation, all from a meal with such a health halo.
I'm glad you found my video! It's wild that this isn't a bigger story and extremely unsettling that they still haven't figured out what's going on, a full month after this all started coming out.
I cancelled my DH last year. They changed their terms of service without giving a summary of changes so I told them that that wasn't cool with me. It's a shame because some of their items are awesome
Yes they did a lot of things right but clearly made some mistakes!
Thank you for breaking this down. I've never tried Daily Harvest, but I don't usually buy box meals. As a long term vegan, I recommend having a good can opener available, having no salt added canned beans and chick peas available, having some vegan bread available (pumpernickel, wheat or rye - check ingredients, some brands include dairy) and of course sriracha and a mixed spice bottle. Also get some peanuts only peanut butter. This way, you'll never find yourself short of a meal. :)
Great recommendations!! A little planning goes a LONG way for convenience.
@@TotallyForkable 🙏😀
I’m so glad you didn’t order the crumbles!!! I know we are mostly strangers, but your my favorite mostly stranger ☺️
Thank you Dan! I am too 🙏🏻
Sad that I'm considering being a customer 🤦 but it's the plant based & convenience that I love. I can't believe they're still selling the lentils or at least not pausing until investigation is over. This is an example of customers being before profit. It shouldn't mean customers get to be jerks. It should mean don't send them to the ER with medical expenses then cover it up & then still sell it 🤷
It's truly shocking that they have essentially "gotten away" with it. I follow a few accounts that were created by consumers who were affected on Twitter and it has very much not been made right with the victims.
I understand what you're saying. I was wondering to myself the other day if there's another service that offers that level of convenience and quality when it comes to their smoothies. I do miss that convenience, but honestly don't see myself ever ordering from them again.
I was a customer for a long time. I can't say that I would order from them again but in hindsight some of their recipes were interesting. I would often find myself ordering things that I knew I could easily recreate at home. They turned me onto gigante beans for example. I frequently use convenience foods this way. So glad I never tried those crumbles! I thought they looked good but I just couldn't figure out what they actually were. I honestly thought it was highly seasoned TVP and thought it was way over priced so I never tried it! I was so wrong! But still glad I didn't try it!
Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Just got a Daily Harvest promotional email in my inbox, and since I hadn't ordered anything for quite awhile (I've only tried them once), I was about to place another order. The link in the email wasn't working, so I put "Daily Harvest" in my browser, and up came all these headlines. Searched TH-cam for a video explaining everything, and found yours. I'm glad I did! I won't be ordering.
I'm so glad you found all of this info before ordering! Interesting that they sent you an e-mail; I think they are hurting (apparently just had a bunch of layoffs).
This is the best video on this topic.
Thank you.
Interesting thank you so much for posting this I was saying on Twitter how I really wanted my box to come in , and then someone told me they were poisoned. That makes me sad the especially food regulations not sure why I’m surprised. I actually like their oatmeal bowls and some of their smoothies but i know how to remake everything it was more of the convenience factor. But I’m going to see if any of the products I have were mentioned, I’m really hoping it wasn’t but I do plan on not ordering anymore. I also really enjoy purple carrot, I watched your last purple carrot video and don’t remember you mention it being scammy. I actually remake a lot of the purple carrot meals and thei prices are pretty in par. This makes me so sad bc I want to garden but don’t trust the water it’s like dang where can we catch a break?!
Yes it's definitely a bummer about Daily Harvest because they do have some good products, and I agree it's disappointing to hear about the (lack of) regulations across the board. I don't think Purple Carrot is scammy, I just have mentioned in most of my "food delivery service review" videos that I don't love the structure of "we take your card and charge you weekly" being the only payment option; overall I think it's a bit of a scammy sales tactic. I have heard good things about Splendid Spoon and think I will try them next! I would love to get into gardening too; not sure what you mean with the water though?!
@@TotallyForkable micro plastics, chemicals, lead copper pharmaceuticals etc I have found filters for drinking water that filters that out but not one for like a garden hose or something
I like purple carrot I ended up ordering from them I think they do a really good job with their recipes but I am going to start eating two meals a day with one being a juice bc I find I prefer a juice or smoothie first thing in the morning , it’s a lot to get up out of bed and make a full breakfast when I can take a juice out of a mason jar 😅 then figure it out later on in the day and I only enjoy fresh food so there’s no other way around that except smoothie or juice
So terrifying!!! I had no idea about our food laws here
Right?! Like how is that possible…
@@TotallyForkable Unfettered capitalism + corporate lobbying
Is Tannic acid toxic to humans?
Tannic acid is moderately toxic by the inhalation and ingestion exposure pathways. Acute, high-dose ingestion and absorption may cause nausea, vomiting, constipation, abdominal pain, and liver damage. Severe intoxication's may result in centralobular liver necrosis.
Easy to think its a gallbladder problem if you don't know what caused the problem.
Environmental changes like fungi, bacteria, viruses, herbivores, and rough harvesting practices could cause the tarra trees to produce extra tannin's for extra protection. These trees are living beings too and i feel like they are protesting over harvest and unfair living conditions (global warming) with tannic picket signs. which is good for leather but bad for human health. obviously we need more quality controls for tannic acid concentrations in foods (especially tree based foods) now since environments are rapidly changing due to global warming and possible pole shifts.
The Drifting Trouble Shooter
ill be avoiding tree based foods and ingredients till we have better quality controls because they are more dangerous now because of environmental stress.
Very interesting hypothesis and definitely something we should be keeping an eye out for!
Of maybe just stop eating lab created fake frankenfoods....
I’m just confused because people have gotten sick from
One item that’s no longer available
The main issue is how they handled the situation and their lack of transparency which most likely led to way more people getting sick. They essentially tried to sweep it under the rug, which, when people are having to have organs removed, is unacceptable. Also, as I understand, they STILL have not identified what caused this to happen. Idk about you but I wouldn’t be too keen to order from a company that hasn’t figured out why one of their products was making people violently ill.
@@TotallyForkable i believe they did say it was the Tara but that was never in any of the other products , thnx for the response ! Think I’m gonna try regardless since that product and ingredient is no longer on there
I’m about to cancel my order
I think it's probably best to do so, given there's still no conclusive answers.
Wait wtf… I just started eating only daily harvest are you kidding me!
I’m so sorry! It doesn’t mean this is 100% going to happen to you but since there still isn’t a resolution (to my knowledge), I would proceed with caution.
Oh god imagine someone feeding this to their kid, just trying to instill a healthy diet early on...
It's just horrific to think about.
I THOUGHT 2 YEARS AGO IT WAS MY FAULT I GOT SICK EATING THIS 😱😱😱
I'm so sorry you got sick!! Most of the complaints were contained to the crumbles but there were also reports of people getting sick from the other items. I hope you didn't have any long-term effects!
That's what the food industry wants: everybody eating kibble. Made of cheap, inferior plant waste. Very profitable business.
I mean, Daily Harvest's big thing has always been meals made of high quality whole plant foods, so this seems like a big misstep for them that really came back around to bite them.