A pregnant woman was left 'disgusted' after she claims to have discovered 'maggots' lurking in her McDonald's Coke Zero - but only after swilling down the whole drink. Natalia Reynolds said she found what she believes are five grub-like creatures in her drink hours after finishing her meal on February 24th, leaving her convinced they were skulking inside the ice cubes.
When she took the offending cup back to the Rawcliffe Road branch of the chain in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, the 27-year-old said staff were left scratching their heads at what the brown worm-like shapes were. The content creator said she declined the offer of another drink, as she's been 'put off' going to McDonald's and will stick to KFC in future.
Since making the grim discovery, 25-weeks-pregnant Natalia claims that despite complaining to the fast food giant on social media and over email she has yet to receive an apology or explanation. McDonald's said the issue had been investigated and they 'did not find any evidence of pest activity' but said they were continuing to liaise with the customer so she could return the 'foreign object' for further investigation.
Natalia, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: "I brought the food and drink home from McDonald's, it wasn't until later on in the evening until I noticed the maggots. I was collecting stuff to put in the bin and I picked up the empty cups, looked inside and I was like 'oh my god, there's maggots'.
"There were probably about four or five of them in there. I didn't feel any go into my mouth or notice any difference in the flavour of the drink. I think the maggots were dead. I didn't see any moving but this just makes me think they were in the ice.
