‘Clothing label’ found in sealed tub of Sainsbury’s mascarpone

The shopper’s photo of what appears to be a clothing label, embedded in a sealed pot of mascarpone cheese (Picture: Bristol Live/BPM Media)

Sainsbury’s has apologised after a woman opened a sealed tub of mascarpone cheese to find what appeared to be a clothing label inside.

Jasmine Tripp-Edwards was in the middle of making tiramisu for a friend, when she found that a key ingredient was ‘contaminated’.

The self-employed hairdresser said: ‘It was really really random, I was making a tiramisu for my friend and I’d not bought enough mascarpone, so I got my boyfriend to go down to Sainsbury’s to buy some.

‘I peeled the film back and there was literally a hole in the cheese, and I could see something in there.’

The Portishead resident said she was ‘in disgust’ wondering: ‘What on earth is this?’

Jasmine added: ‘I didn’t pull all of it out because I wanted to take it back to Sainsbury’s and show them exactly as it was, but I could see it had clothing labels in there for a woman’s top.

Jasmine holding the pot of mascarpone cheese (Picture: Bristol Live/BPM Media)

‘I got straight in the car and when I got down to Sainsbury’s they were very shocked but really lovely and just said for me to go and pick up another one.

‘They were clueless as to how it could have physically got in there. From what I could see from the label it wasn’t from a Sainsbury’s top, it was just like that rubbery, papery material of label that you get with clothing.

‘It was really odd, it was like someone had literally just chucked their rubbish in with the mix or something.’

It would not deter her from shopping at Sainsbury’s again as it was the first issue she had encountered, but she questioned if there should be a product recall, in case the whole batch was affected.

The item appeared to be a clothing label for a women’s top, Jasmine said (Picture: Bristol Live/BPM Media)

Jasmine said: ‘It does make me think what actually goes on in the factories that we don’t really know about, for that to get in there.

‘Because that [pot] was contaminated, really I shouldn’t have been able to pick up the same one again.’

A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: ‘We have processes in place to ensure our products meet our usual high standards.

‘We’ve apologised to the customer for this rare experience and have replaced the item.’

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