A disgusted Kildare mother says she will "never, ever use ice again" after finding a tooth embedded in a cube from a bag of ice bought in her local Aldi store.
Native Lilywhite Clodagh Moore Petrovic, 42, got the fright of her life when she looked into her glass of coke and made the vile discovery this week.
A photo obtained by Dublin Live shows her son Ricky Moore, 25, holding the stomach-churning cube in his hand.
The pack of 'Gianni's ice cubes' was purchased from the Aldi store on Grey Abbey Road that's very popular with shoppers returning from nearby Kildare Village.
He said he wasn't sure what had happened his mother when he heard a loud noise from upstairs.
He told Dublin Live: "Basically my mam was just cleaning and she had a glass of coke with her that had ice in it.
"She let out a scream and I went up to see what was going on and she handed me the ice.
"She said, 'What the hell do you see in that?' and that’s when I saw the tooth."
Clodagh says she won't be put off going to her local Aldi, where she purchases her big shop on a weekly basis, but is adamant that she will never have ice in the house again.
She said: "Horrifying isn't the word...I’m still not the better of it.
"It wouldn’t put me off shopping there but I will never buy ice anywhere ever again.
"Imagine the bacteria, I know things happen but when it’s for human consumption, stricter hygiene regulations must always be met."
Thankfully Clodagh had only taken one or two sips of her fizzy drink treat when she spotted the infected ice cube.
Although the ice was bought in mid-July, the Moores had only burst it open about a fortnight ago and had nearly finished the bag when the repulsive cube was used.
Ricky continued: "I’d say it was probably only opened maybe a week or two ago, we don’t really use ice a whole lot in this house.
"As you can see we were near the end of the bag.
"I’ll never have ice with my drinks again I can tell you that. I usually just have it in my water but never again."
He added: "I’d love to know how the hell it even got in there.
"I’ve worked in some factories myself so I know how bad they can be but this is a different level."
The mother and son say that they are keeping the cube frozen and intact until they have dealt with the company.
An Aldi spokeswoman told Dublin Live that they are trying to sort the situation out with Ricky and Clodagh:
She said: "Ensuring the quality and safety of all our products is of the utmost importance to Aldi.
"All Aldi suppliers have robust processes in place to prevent foreign objects from entering production.
She added: "We are in the process of contacting this customer so that we can investigate this isolated complaint."
