Got Sick From Eating Lucky Charms? The FDA Is Investigating!

It seems Lucky Charms may not be so magically delicious anymore!

According to The New York Times, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating claims that people have gotten sick from eating the frosted toasted oat cereal that is known for its “magical” marshmallow shapes.

On Monday, the FDA said that it was looking into claims that thousands of people experienced gastrointestinal distress after eating the breakfast cereal.

More than 3,000 people submitted reports to the website iwaspoisoned.com, which is a site where consumers can share reports of illnesses they have suffered after eating food products. Many users complained of stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and bouts of diarrhea, after consuming Lucky Charms.

On Monday, the FDA said in a statement that they had received over a hundred submissions related to Lucky Charms in 2022 alone through its own reporting system for product complaints.

The agency expressed a statement that read “The F.D.A. takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration of a food that may also cause illnesses or injury.”

General Mills, which produces the cereal, released their own statement through spokeswoman Andrea Williamson. She said that internal investigations had “not found any evidence of consumer illness linked to the consumption of Lucky Charms.”

“Food safety is our top priority,” she continued. “We encourage consumers to please share any concerns directly with General Mills to ensure they can be appropriately addressed.”

Lucky Charms is so popular a breakfast cereal that even singer Britney Spears was photographed buying a box in the photo above. However, it seems that consumers are not able to enjoy the sugary cereal as they once did. On Easter Sunday, April 17, one user complained that the Lucky Charms cereal had made them ill over the course of the past three months.

They tweeted, “For now, you need to change the name of LUCKY CHARMS to UNLUCKY CHARMS. This was my favorite cereal until in the past 3 months. I, also have had some of the negative symptoms other's are experiencing after eating this cereal. Something is ‘definitely off’ with the ingredients.”

The Lucky Charms account replied, “Food safety is our top priority. We take your concerns very seriously. Through our continuing internal investigations, we have not found any evidence of consumer illness linked to the consumption of Lucky Charms. Please send us a DM so that we can gather additional details.”

However, some users were not buying it. “There are too many people all within similar times that have had similar symptoms. As sick as I felt, you can't convince me of otherwise,” they wrote. “I've been eating LUCKY CHARMS for years & never got sick till recently. Hopefully FDA will take this serious & do a honest investigation.”

The FDA is currently investigating these claims.