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Both cans are same lot code but one has galvanized looking interior and has a smell I would associate with canned fish. The mango puree itself smells and tastes normal. Even the can that doesn't smell off looks a bit iffy at the seam.

There is another brand with the same issue plus visible corrosion on the rim, and the only other one I've seen is likely worse since the can exteriors are all sticky and dented.

Update: I have emailed what I assume to be the importer. I also found a different brand with the same problem. This one has some of the golen colour at the seam but the galv look plus some darker corroded looking spots elsewhere. 1000034079

The smell I said I would associate with fish is more of a nasal stinging metallic smell, but the only other thing I have detected that smell in was canned fish. I could be misidentifying it though seeing as I have worked with a multitude of metals in the past and I can't put the name of any specific metals to the smell. I drank some of the mango lassi before rinsing the can and noticing the issue but the metallic smell lingers as an aftertaste for quite some time, becoming more noticable as the mango and yogurt taste fades.

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[–] 59 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

smell I would associate with canned fish.

Not heavy metal poisoning. Such a smell is always from bacteria. Even when there's real fish, the smell comes from bacteria (but then we think it belongs there).

With mango, that smell doesn't belong there at all, and so I would throw it away in the same second when I smell it.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Botulinum toxin is nothing to fuck with dude. Just chuck that shit and buy a different brand.

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  • [–] 40 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    If you ask, you know you already have something of an answer :) DO NOT EAT THE FISHY MANGO

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

    Or do and report back with the outcome. You might spend some time on the toilet, so you're going to have time to.

    No seriously: don't! Botulism can be lethal. After some days of suffering.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 week ago* (5 children)

    If it's an issue like this, I wouldn't go by smell. You probably don't know what chemical or metal got into the food from a smell.

    Humans are generally good at detecting mold/bacteria smells, generally. This is not that.

    It looks like a food grade can lacquer to preserve the tin, and it failed. Wouldn't eat the mangoes, and I'd tell the company. It's probably not the end of the world if you ate some but I wouldn't eat the rest.

    Don't mess with dented cans and such. Even botulism, the really dangerous bacteria, won't often be smelled.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Don’t mess with dented cans and such.

    What's the danger there?

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  • [–] 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Dented cans can risk causing botulism if the damage breaks the airtight seal of the container, allowing Clostridium botulinum bacteria or spores to enter and grow in the low-oxygen environment

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  • [–] 34 points 1 week ago

    If it doesn't look right and doesn't smell right, it's an easy decision to make unless you're stuck in a bunker with zombies outside and food is running low.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Cans shouldn't be made of heavy metals, and the can on the left looks like zinc galvanization. That said, companies all around the world do shitty things so I would look for information specific to this company.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    It's not the metal can I'd be worried about but the coating that now is in the content itself.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Presumably, they wouldn't be using heavy metals or anything else highly toxic in the lining material meant for food packaging.

    That is ... assuming some corpo exec hasn't figured out that they can save $0.003 per can by using toxic lining instead of safe lining.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    I doubt it's anything highly toxic but you're still not supposed to eat it as it probably isn't good for you. Teflon isn't good for you either but it's fine for as long as it stays on the pan and doesn't transfer into the food.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago

    Maybe try sending that picture to the company that made the mangoes. I am not able to find a good source on if it is toxic or not though.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    i would avoid that.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    The final product might be from the same lot, but the cans themselves may not be. I wouldn't be as worried about the lining as about the smell.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    How large of a brans is it, and is it from your country. Contact someone and complain.

    I work at a small food plant who only sells to our own country. We send out free products all the time as a sorry. Some really dumb complaints but out the free box goes

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    Not sure about the can, but I'd recommend not eating any canned fruit that had its liner dissolved into it. I don't think the liner was made to be consumed.

    To be clear: I'm not a doctor, nor am I an expert in anything I just said. I'm just guessing here

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    I've had this happen too. I couldn't use the can because of the metallic taste. It has put me off buying canned mango pulp for a while.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 week ago

    Not if you can eat the entire can before the gluons from the metal reach critical fart pressure

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago

    I generally don't since I worked at a grocery store service desk before ever buying my own food and the cans that got returned were really disgusting, but I figured it might work with my crappy blender. I ended up just buying one used that can supposedly blend rock solid frozen fruit and getting a new container for it and I'll just cut and freeze mangos myself when they are available.

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