Frogs, rats and a wire brush - 5 nasty things people have found in their food

Mouse loaf

“The best thing since sliced bread,” goes the expression. But not this loaf. Stephen Forse, of Kidlington, Oxfordshire found a dead mouse moulded into the corner of a loaf of Hovis Best bread purchased from Tesco online. Hovis parent company, Premier Foods, were fined £5,500 for the incident.

Brush butty

One of the strangest food finds was made back in 2010, when 18-year-old Brett Stephens noticed a five-inch wire brush poking out of a Chicken Legend sandwich he’d purchased at a McDonald's in Kidderminster. “It was beyond belief,” said mum Janet, while McDonald's asked for the safe return of the brush to pursue investigations.

Maccy D mould

Closer to home, Gaynor Jarvis complained after spotting green mould on a McDonald's breakfast sandwich in Astley Bridge, Bolton. Perhaps not as shocking as the others on this list, but notable for the excuse she said she received from staff at the time – that “the green mould on the bun was actually blue and most probably had rubbed off from the blue wrapper that it was stored in.” 

Frog salad

Julia Phillips got a fright as she prepared lunch for her family when she found a live frog in a sealed bag of Asda’s own brand "wild rocket" salad in Roehampton, London. The 49-year-old was handed a £10 shopping voucher for her troubles. "I think it's a bit of an insult really - it's quite a serious thing to find in your food,” she said.

Tinned rat

Everybody likes beans on toast, right? No, not like this they don’t – served with a dead rat cooked in-tin. The unfortunate creature was found in a tin of baked beans by a man in Brockley, South East London in 2010. Food scientists later said the rodent most likely climbed in during the tinning process and was cooked to death inside. Poor thing.

Have you ever found anything untoward in your meal? Let us know in comments, below.