A Twitter "food disgust test" debated moldy food safety. A food safety specialist advised removing mold from hard fruit and marmalade.
Avoid moldy soft cheeses, yogurts, and pasta sauces. This week, a quiz on food aversions made moldy food trend on Twitter.
'Food distaste test' invites users to score 32 food-related propositions on a scale from disagree to agree. The questionnaire tells users which categories upset them most, sparking Twitter discussion.
Marmalade and hard fruit are mold-safe.
Anderson said consumers would clip mold off things if food costs rise.
"If I was cutting mold off anything, I'd cut an inch off the product," she remarked. She advised against cutting moldy food with a knife. She advised cutting mold off hard cheese and salami.
The quiz asks whether users agree or disagree with "I will not eat marmalade from which mold has been removed from the surface."
A Twitter user stated they feared "moldy marmalade people." Anderson felt eating jelly and marmalades after scraping the mold was OK. She remarked, "It's got quite a lot of sugar," a preservative.
However, she claimed it's personal taste.