A MUM has issued an urgent warning to other parents after her two-year-old daughter narrowly avoided a choking disaster while drinking a 40p Tesco fruit drink.
Molly explained that her loves the Fruit Splash drinks – a of the popular Robinsons Fruit Shoots – from the , especially when it’s warm outside.
However, when her daughter was drinking one of the , a small plastic ring that had been in the lid fell out.
Luckily, the bottle was in a position where the ring fell straight out.
But it could have been disastrous if her little girl had accidentally swallowed the piece of plastic.
So Molly decided to take to TikTok to other parents about the choking hazard.
“These are normally quite tight and I never worry about them,”;; she said, holding the lid.
“But because that happened, when I give her one of these, I make sure that I pull this out now because it’s just too much of a risk.”;;
While the plastic ring has a huge hole in it, Molly pointed out that if it went down the wrong way, it could get ““.
“So if you get these fruit drinks from Tesco, just be careful that when you buy them or you give them to your child, that the ring is actually stuck in – or just pull it out.
“It’s better to be safe than sorry,”;; she concluded.
The comments section was quickly filled with grateful parents thanking Molly for sharing the warning.
“Thank you for sharing this!”;; one wrote.
“I stopped someone in the supermarket like 2 weeks ago just to tell them this,”;; another added.
“They also have them in the Sainsbury’s ones.
“I flick them out every time I get them now!”;;
“Thanks for sharing this. My kids have these all the time,”;; a third admitted.
“Oh no! I have these in the fridge right now!”;; someone else gasped.
“Definitely going to cut the lid off before he drinks them. Thank you for raising awareness.”;;
“Oh I never would’ve thought of that,”;; another said.
“Thank you!!! Why are they designed like that!?”;;
“Thank you, my children drink them always,”;; someone else wrote.
“I will be more careful.”;;
“This could literally save a life,”;; another added.
The bottles from Tesco do actually have a health warning on them, which reads: “Warning: Due to size and shape may present a choking hazard for small children.
“Always supervise when eating.”;;
