Kraft Foods, the manufacturer of Capri-Sun, is responding to claims that mold was found in an unexpired pouch of the popular juice drink.
“Although it’s extremely rare, because Capri Sun does not contain any artificial preservatives, something many moms appreciate, it is possible for food mold to grow inside a pouch that has been punctured and is exposed to air,” the company said on its Frequently Asked Questions page. “What usually forms is a common food mold similar to what might grow on fruit or bread.”
Recent cases of possible contaminants in Capri Sun include a supposed worm in a pouch this month by an Elk Grove woman and mold last month in Hawaii.
“Yesterday [July 8] my boyfriends sister was was drinking one when she started saying the juice was barely coming out and it tasted funny we pulled up the straw and saw this worm hanging from it!” wrote Ashley Hibbard, of Elk Grove, in a Facebook post. She included a photo of the supposed worm.
Kraft Foods says the worm may be mold.
Kraft says it will continue to investigate the issue, but says it has “invested more than $2 million to make [Capri-Sun] pouches even stronger.”
Photo Courtesy Ashley Hibbard
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