It’s not entirely clear what the brown substance is (Picture: Mercury)

Whatever this is, it doesn’t look all that appetising.

A woman fears she may have been the victim of a dirty protest after finding a brown substance in a spinach and egg protein pot from Tesco.

England fan dragged away after being battered by Russian gangLucy Barfoot, who felt a gritty texture when she bit into it, thinks it might be cat faeces.

Tesco describes the ingredients of the £1.50 protein pots as being ‘Free Range Hard Boiled Egg (86%), Spinach (14%)’.


But looking at the pictures, this particular pot was 100 per cent gross.

Lucy Barfoot, 29, bit into an egg and got a gritty sensation (Picture: Mercury)

Ms Barfoot said: ‘You would think machines in the Tesco factory would have detected it because it has such a different texture to spinach.



‘That makes me think it could be a bit of a dirty protest by a staff member. Or maybe they were tired of cleaning spinach and wanted a way to make the total weight up.

What should I do if I find a foreign object in my food? (Don’t take it back to the shop!)’Think how much spinach I was missing for the contents of the pot to weigh the same as it should but with a lump of whatever it is in there? I’ve been ripped off.’

She added: ‘It might be soil but it is very unfortunately shaped. I was a bit disturbed and really disappointed because I was so hungry. All I wanted was a nice, healthy snack.

Here’s what it should have looked like

P.s. there’s only one egg in the pot – it’s chopped in half

(Picture: Tesco) (Picture: Tesco) (Picture: Tesco) (Picture: Tesco)

‘It might be adding protein to the protein pot but it’s not exactly appetising. The thought of it actually being a turd completely put me off my lunch.’

A Tesco spokesman said: ‘We set ourselves the highest standards for the safety and quality of our food.

‘We have asked the customer to return the item to the store so we can investigate how this may have happened.’