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A woman was horrified after discovering worms inside her blender just 24 hours after using it.
Nikki Dietrich, from Los Angeles, was trying to make breakfast when a suspicious move caught her eye.
The woman was shocked to find maggots crawling on the blender blades and around the rim of the base.
She admitted to only rinsing the blender with hot water after each use — and using soap every third day.
Infestation can cause serious health problems, including salmonella, Escherichia coli, myiasis, and problems with the intestines and mouth.
“The most traumatic thing happened to me today, and I need to do a quick public service announcement (PSA),” she said in a video.
Whenever I use a blender, I immediately wash my blades in hot water, and I’ll scrub them with soap every three uses.
Nikki admitted to only rinsing the blender with hot water after each use — and using soap every third day, which may have triggered the fly larvae.
“I use it every day and the hot water usually comes off, so why do I need soap every time?”
But Nikki soon discovered the error of her ways.
“I really need to use soap when I clean this stuff,” she said.
She revealed a video that recorded tiny caterpillars crawling around the grooves of her blender.
Caterpillars are the larvae of winged insects and most commonly flies. Infestation can cause serious health problems, including salmonella, Escherichia coli, myiasis, and problems with the intestines and mouth.
“I had maggots in the blender blades – maybe Because I don’t really wash them. I think it’s fruit fly larvae that laid eggs there.
Nikki admitted her laziness was largely due to a design flaw in the blender.
In a follow-up video, she showed that the blender worked like a Nutribullet as the blades were attached to the base and a cup could be attached to the top.
“I can’t unscrew the blades to clean them,” she said of her Beast Health Blender.
The actual mugs can go in the top rack of the dishwasher – but I can’t put (the part with the blades) in because it’s mechanical.
The woman then showed a close-up of the base, which revealed she could not disassemble it.
I’ve obviously washed this since (found larvae in it) – but there’s no way to actually separate it.
The best I can do is clean these grooves.
Nikki Dietrich (pictured), from Los Angeles, was simply trying to make breakfast when a suspicious motion caught her eye.
Nikki admitted she hasn’t used a blender since the ‘traumatic event’ – but she doesn’t want to get rid of it.
Many blamed the company for not making it easier to clean their devices.
“Manufacturers need to make blenders easier to clean.”
“This is definitely a design flaw.”
Others have shared simple ways to clean their blenders.
“I use a baby bottle brush to clean the grooves,” said one woman.
Add dishwashing liquid, ice and a little water – then mix and rinse.
Nikki admitted her laziness was largely due to a design flaw in the blender, and explained that its blades were attached to the base and the cup could be bent at the top.
But Nikki isn’t the first woman to find worms where they shouldn’t be.
An Australian mum has issued a serious warning to all coffee machine owners after she made a “particle” discovery after a long trip.
A Sydney woman went on a four-day vacation with her family and forgot to empty the coffee machine’s drip tray before leaving.
She was shocked to find maggots in the water and crevices of the machine when she returned – and she still couldn’t get them off.
“That’s right disgusting,” said the mother when she shared her warning to a popular cleaning group on Facebook.
We did not empty the coffee machine drip tray before leaving for 4 days. Upon return, there were maggots in the water.
The horrified mom said that despite her best attempts to clean the machine, there were still maggots scurrying around in hard-to-reach places under the drip tray.
‘I emptied the drip tray and it’s in the dishwasher but I can see maggots (and I’m sure there are more) in parts I can’t reach,’ she said.
An Australian mum was shocked to find maggots in the water and in the crevices of her coffee machine after leaving it without cleaning for four days. There are still larvae stuck in the crevice next to the water bowl (pictured)
I asked the cleaning enthusiast what was the best thing to do.
‘what can i do? I am very surprised. It’s not a cheap machine, so I don’t want to part with it.
Surprisingly, many people took the situation in their stride and recommended doing nothing and letting the worms turn into flies and fly away.
‘As gross as it is,’ said one woman, ‘wait till they turn into flies and they’ll crawl out.
I will not be frank. Scoop up some hot water before drinking it, but the worms will only be in and around the tray of dirty water. In a day or two, any caterpillars you haven’t found yet will either have died or grown into flies anyway, another wrote.
Many people advised the mother to deep clean her organs, while others believed that the caterpillars would turn into flies and leave on their own.
Many people recommended cleaning the machine and drip tray regularly, and giving the machine a deep cleaning.
you will be fine. Get the descaling solution through it. One woman said that boiling water would kill 100 percent of all bacteria.
Someone else said they’d either think out the machine themselves to get the worms out, or have it professionally serviced.
Many people have shared their horror stories.
I went to change the filter on the coffee machine and opened the back chamber to find a cockroach floating by. So we’ve been drinking Roach juice in our coffee for, God knows how long! said a woman.
“I had a caterpillar in the small viewing window of my bread machine for 20 years until it died (machine that is!),” wrote another.
Maggots in Kitchen Appliances: A woman’s grim discovery after leaving the blender on for 24 hours