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Man finds shrimp tails in his Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but the company says it's just sugar

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This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. If you’re a devoted fan of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and don’t plan to stop any time soon, you should probably turn away now. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It may already be too late for comedian and writer Jensen Karp, who says he found a slew of unappetizing surprises in his breakfast cereal Monday morning. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or. No need to go at the internet alone. We test products, interview pros and do what’s required to get you unbiased, unadulterated, unsponsored recommendations. We’re a weekly newsletter, a cool one. Talk Thursdays. By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc. | 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4 | 416-383-2300 A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of NP Shopping Essentials will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again “Ummmm @CTCSquares – why are there shrimp tails in my cereal? (This is not a bit),” tweeted, tagging Cinnamon Toast Crunch’s official Twitter account alongside a photo of what looks like sugar-coated shrimp tails. The cereal brand responded, apologizing for the mishap and offering to replace the box. “Can you please send us a DM to collect more details? Thanks!” Cinnamon Toast Crunch&nbsp;, to which Karp jokingly quipped&nbsp;that he’s “not sure I’m ready for another box!” Ummmm - why are there shrimp tails in my cereal? (This is not a bit) — Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. “OK I have sent you a DM. Fair warning, I look different since eating your shrimp today,” he later tweeted, posting a close-up photo of a shrimp. Two hours later, the company tweeted that it had investigated the photo and come to the conclusion that there were no shrimp tails in Karp’s cereal box after all. “It appears to be an accumulation of the cinnamon sugar that sometimes can occur when ingredients aren’t thoroughly blended,” the company tweeted. “We assure you that there’s no possibility of cross contamination with shrimp.” Karp immediately responded: “After further investigation with my eyes, these are cinnamon coated SHRIMP TAILS, you weirdos. I wasn’t all that mad until you now tried to gaslight me?” Karp included a close-up photo of the alleged shrimp tails in the palm of his hand. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Canadian actor Seth Rogen piped up in defence of Karp. “Yo that’s shrimp CT CRUNCH!” Rogen tweeted. Podcast host Dana Schwartz called the company’s gaslighting “a national scandal.” this gaslighting by the cinnamon toast crunch corporation is a national scandal. — Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Several other social media users also criticized the brand for their response to Karp, arguing that the cereal could have been dangerous to those with a . Karp revealed that he had already eaten a bowl of the cereal and had since covered the box in Post-it notes warning others not to touch it. He also posted screenshots of a private exchange with the cereal company, in which he attempted to give them a second chance to rectify the situation. “There is still time to save this guys. They are shrimp tails,” he wrote in a direct message to the company. Should I take MY shrimp tail to a lab? I’m all-in. — Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A spokesperson responded, asking Karp to put the shrimp tails in a pre-paid envelope and send it to them so they can have it checked out. Karp acquiesced, on one condition. “I’m going to keep one of the two (shrimp tails),” he wrote, “because your last response publicly was super weird and since you’ll be receiving a shrimp tail, I’ll keep one so you don’t try to say it’s sugar and make me look insane?” It’s unclear what the company had to say to that. In another screenshot posted by Karp, they tried to offer him some vouchers to compensate for the “unpleasant experience” but he refused. “No,” he wrote. “You just told me it wasn’t shrimp tails.” Ok, we’ll after further investigation with my eyes, these are cinnamon coated SHRIMP TAILS, you weirdos. I wasn’t all that mad until you now tried to gaslight me? — Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He then shared another image of a few other items his wife discovered inside the cereal box, such as a string that looked like dental floss and cereal with black and red marks. “UPDATE: my wife has a stronger stomach than me and checked the OTHER bag in the family pack. This one seems taped up (?) and also appears to include…(I don’t even want to say it)…dental floss,” Karp wrote. Several users suggested that the black marks may be rat droppings that have been baked into the cereal. That black is rat droppings baked onto the squares. The shrimp and string are collections. It looks like something got into a bag of dry mix and nested!— Jez (@ghostmachine007) Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. If there’s any silver lining to this vomit-inducing story, it could be this: “So I called Poison Control. Good news is, if it IS rat poo — I won’t feel the flu-like effects of an infection for a few days,” Karp tweeted. On Tuesday afternoon, Karp posted a photo of the cereal box snugly strapped in the front seat of his car, apparently on its way to be tested. “We’re going to a lab,” he tweeted. According to screenshots posted on his Twitter account, he has also refused to give the company any of the shrimp tails after they messaged him to ask when he might be home so someone from Fedex “can stop by and pick up the items (he) found.” I plan on continuing full transparency for those concerned about their products. This is the first I’ve heard from them since yesterday (when they said they were sending an envelope) and my new response. — Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. “I won’t be giving you the stuff especially since at last I heard from you it was an envelope,” he wrote back. “You’re being super sketchy and odd especially when this was a very easy PR experience to make people feel assured you care about your products.” On Tuesday afternoon, the brand released a statement on Twitter. “While we are still investigating this matter, we can say with confidence that this did not occur at our facility,” their statement reads. — Cinnamon Toast Crunch (@CTCSquares) Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. “But is it accumulated sugar, you doofs,” Karp tweeted back. Shortly before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Karp tweeted that his main concern was the dismissive response from Cinnamon Toast Crunch. “I have NO idea how this stuff got in my cereal bags and neither does @CTCSquares. It definitely could’ve been contaminated in the Costco (though that doesn’t explain the squares with black stuff COOKED on it or the sugar coating on the shrimp). My point is — their initial reaction to shellfish being in the bag was to tell me it was sugar. Not to investigate the issue or look into it. It’s a deadly allergy to many (and non-Kosher) and that didn’t seem to matter beyond offering me a new box,” . “Anyway, I’m testing the DNA of a shrimp tail now. So, I hope everyone is happy.” https://twitter.com/JensenKarp/status/1374417298669195273/photo/1 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 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