Baking canned Pillsbury biscuits is usually a simple task, once you get past the slight fear of having to pop the tube. But one Massachusetts woman’s routine biscuit prep quickly soured once she saw something unexpected on the usually just beige dough.
What’s In This Pillsbury Biscuit Dough?
In a viral video with more than 147,000 views, content creator Marina (@marinathingz) showed the alarming discovery she made while preparing Pillsbury canned biscuits for her family.
“I’m pulling these freaking biscuits out, and they all have … little pieces of aluminum in them,” she says in the video, holding up the raw dough to show small, dark specks on the perimeter of the biscuits. Some of them look darkish grey, while others are closer to the blue of the outer packaging.
The video shows Marina examining each biscuit, with each appearing to have the same issue with varying levels of severity. She zooms in on the suspicious spots as they catch the light.
“What the heck? That’s, like, reflective. Ew. What the h—? It’s all over it,” Marina says.
Marina adds that she’s certainly not going to serve the contaminated biscuits to her family, especially after figuring out that it wasn’t isolated to just one or two pieces.
“Some of them, like, aren’t that bad, but what the f—? There’s tiny pieces of aluminum,” she says. “I don’t know. I’m not eating them. That’s for sure.”
Marina then calls out the brand directly.
“Pillsbury Grand, you owe me $10,000,000 because why are you trying to poison me and my family?” she questions.
In the caption, she added, “Welp @Pillsbury not sure we want aluminum in our biscuits.”
Pillsbury’s History With Product Contamination
This isn’t Pillsbury’s first rodeo with contamination issues. Back in 1971, glass shards were found in Farina cereal at its Minneapolis plant, according to The Takeout.
And in 2001, they voluntarily removed 30,000 cases of frozen biscuits from shelves after plastic shards were found in the dough, creating a potential choking hazard.
More than a decade later, in 2013, the brand recalled two varieties of its Cinnamon Rolls with Icing after a broken piece of plastic from the plant made its way into a batch.
Is Aluminum Dangerous To Consume?
For the most part, small amounts of aluminum aren’t toxic. According to Poison Control, aluminum foil is generally non-toxic, and swallowing small pieces isn’t harmful. But larger pieces can cause blockages in the throat, gut, or lungs.
Poison Control notes that aluminum foil is made up of about 98.5% aluminum, plus iron and silicon. While long-term exposure to large amounts of aluminum can affect bones and the nervous system, occasional small exposures aren’t typically considered dangerous.
Commenters React
“Is the batch number still visible on the packaging? This is something that should be reported for safety, they will need the batch number,” a top comment read.
“This always happens. I stopped buying them,” a person said.
“I stopped buying the off brand because of this but now you’re telling me the expensive name brand is just as bad?!?” another wrote.
@marinathingz Welp @Pillsbury not sure we want aluminum in our biscuts 😭 ew
BroBible reached out to Marina for comment via TikTok direct message and comment and to General Mills via email.