Mum's horror after finding eggs in Asda fish fingers - but shoppers say it's cheap caviar

One mum got a lot more than she bargained for when she found fish eggs in her fish fingers from Asda, much to her horror. Some joked that they should have cost her £75, not 75p, saying it was caviar.

Chelsea Freer was just relieved that her two-year-old son hadn't tucked into the fish fingers before she'd spotted the unwelcome addition to his midweek meal.

She'd bought the bargain 75p fish fingers from the Just Essentials range from Asda, which the supermarket chain launched last year to help shoppers with the cost-of-living crisis - but Chelsea has said she won't be indulging in the frozen treat "ever again."

The fish fingers were covered in eggs (Jam Press/Chelsea Louise)

Chelsea, from Middlesbrough, claims she went to the store to complain and was given a £5 gift voucher for her next Asda shop.

But some fellow shoppers joked she had got some cheap caviar, which is unfertilised fish eggs, also known as fish roe, which is a salty delicacy, served cold.

However, for roe to be caviar it must come from sturgeon fish not pollock like the fish fingers were.

The mum-of-one said: "I won't be buying Asda's fish fingers again. Good job I didn't let my son eat them. Full of fish eggs.

"It's just a good job I saw them otherwise I wouldn't have even known. I won't be buying them ever again."

Social media users saw the funny side, however, with one shopper writing: "Caviar fish fingers should be £75, not 75p."

Chelsea said she was glad her son didn't eat the fish fingers... (Kennedy News and Media)

...as they were covered in fish eggs! (Kennedy News and Media)

Another said: "It's roe. You got you some breaded caviar", whilst someone else wrote: "Now that's some cheap caviar."

"I would ring the police", someone joked, and one mum added: "Rotten that, they're the ones I've been buying for my little girl as well."

An Asda spokesperson said: "Unfortunately the nature of using fish means that there is always a small risk of roe making its way into the final product.

"We have processes in place throughout the supply chain from catch to processing, including avoiding times of the year when this is more likely to occur and we have received no similar complaints about this issue.

"We understand that Ms Freer has taken the product back into the store, and has received a full refund as well as a gesture of goodwill, and we apologise again for any inconvenience this may have caused her."

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