Undercooked Quorn, can you get food poisoning?

Question

Using the quorn 'chicken' pieces...if you don't cook it for long enough will it make you ill, like real chicken would?

Answer 1

quorn is made from a fungus....... it makes many many people ill worldwide...... amazingly it is still on the market.

see www.cspinet.org

i dont know if eating it undercooked will make you ill but i wouldnt eat it at all......

Answer 2

I had red meat a night or two ago and wondered if it might make me sick also. But everything is fine. I like my meat a little pink. So I think you will be fine. I think food poisoning occurs more likely from meat that has been left out too long before cooking allowing harmful bacteria to contaminate it. But fresh meat cooked rare is okay I'm pretty sure. A lot of restaurants would be in big trouble if pink meat made people sick. Good luck!

Answer 3

I would imagine that, things that contain dairy, eggs and other things would be dangerous if not cooked properly, undercooked Quorn would be just as toxic as undercooked meat. Believe me, if I thought Quorn was dangerous then I would not eat it but there is simply not enough evidence to suggest that it is harmful apart from to those who are allergic to mycoprotein.

Answer 4

Many people are allergic to Quorn and can have a severe reaction to it(vomiting, etc). Cooking doesn t affect this, it seems (I ve had bad reaction even from well-cooked Quorn). NB, it is not soya, but fungus-derived.

Answer 5

Food poisoning is caused by eating foods that are contaminated by some type of bacteria, such as Salmonella. It's not unusual for undercookedchicken or other meats to be contaminated. Other raw or undercooked foods such as fish, seafood, unpasteurized dairy products, raw shell eggs and products containing raw eggs can be a problem too.

Cooking food at high temperatures usually kills the bacteria contained in the food itself. However, that precaution doesn't help to control bacteria that may have spread to your refrigerator, counters or utensils while the food was being stored or prepared for cooking.

Minimizing Your Risk
It's not possible to tell if food is contaminated simply by looking at it. For that reason, it's best to treat all poultry and other raw meats as though they are contaminated.
Wash your hands thoroughly before and after handling poultry, or any raw meat.
If anything in your kitchen, including utensils, cutting boards, counters and dish clothes, has been in direct contact with raw poultry or its juices, clean them thoroughly before using again to prepare other foods
Never eat raw or undercooked turkey or chicken.
It's best to use a meat thermometer. Cook birds until the temperature of the thickest part of the breast or thigh is 85ºC (185ºF).
Cook raw poultry meat, especially ground meat and turkey rolls, thoroughly to the centre. Be certain that juices are no longer pink.
As a general rule of thumb, poultry is done when:
the leg of a whole bird moves easily
the meat in cuts of poultry is tender to the fork, with no pink showing anywhere.

Answer 6

I dont think it would.....I use Quorn brand products all the time.

Answer 7

quorn is mostly made up from soya bean i can't see it making you ill like chicken ,it might of been some thing else that maybe you cook it with, but no can't see it myself there is no meat at all, it mostly natural ingredients .