Ben Hutchings ([info]womble2) wrote,
2007-01-15 01:29:00
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Mould: not just a flavour of cheese

BoingBoing linked to a previous story about Quorn being allergenic, which I've not heard claimed before. Supposedly about 5% of people have unpleasant reactions to it, which I find a bit hard to believe. I'm curious, though, so I shall make the most of my remaining days of paid account with a not particularly scientific poll:

Poll #906821 Mould: not just a flavour of cheese
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25

Have you:

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eaten Quorn once or more
4 (16.0%)
eaten Quorn 8 times or more
8 (32.0%)
eaten Quorn on a regular basis
3 (12.0%)
experienced vomiting, nausea, or stomach aches that you attributed to allergy or intolerance to Quorn
1 (4.0%)
experienced vomiting, nausea, or stomach aches that you attributed to allergy or intolerance to eggs or dairy products
0 (0.0%)
experienced vomiting, nausea, or stomach aches that you attributed to another allergy or intolerance
0 (0.0%)

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  • 6 comments

[info]nunfetishist

January 15 2007, 02:01:48 UTC 5 years ago

I find Quorn makes me nauseous, but this is not because of any allergenic properties it may have.

[info]hobnobs

January 15 2007, 08:47:03 UTC 5 years ago

It wasn't a serious problem, and merely down to the fact that my body doesn't get along with mushrooms and quorn is based around a mycoprotein which sets off a similar reaction.

[info]artela

January 15 2007, 08:49:55 UTC 5 years ago

If I have eaten quorn, it wasn't on purpose (and I definitely wouldn't buy something *because* it had quorn in). And it doesn't surprise me that some people may be allergic or intollerant to it - it is, after all, made of fungal proteins and some people are allergic to fungi.

[info]beckyc

January 15 2007, 09:57:41 UTC 5 years ago

No to stomach problems, but if I eat it more than a few times in a week, I get excema/hives, which is indicative of a mild allergy. I always put that down to the eggs (which produce a similar reaction) in it though, which lots of people are allergic to.

[info]womble2

January 15 2007, 14:38:36 UTC 5 years ago

That was another reaction that was mentioned but I forgot to list it. I noted eggs and dairy on the poll because I have a hypothesis that some people are reacting to those, possibly unaware that they're present in Quorn.

Anonymous

April 13 2008, 09:39:43 UTC 4 years ago

Qorn intolerance

I have on three occasions eaten Quorn as the main ingredient in vegetarian meat substitutes, and suffered temporary adverse reactions. After 2 hours from eating Quorn, I begin to feel very unwell, and then nauseous, accompanied by violent shivering. Only after vomiting do I begin to recover. I now avoid Quorn.
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