Enlarge / A bowl of General Mills Lucky Charms cereal. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan)
The end of the rainbow may not have a pot of gold—but a pot of something entirely different.
Thousands of people have reported stomach pains, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea after eating Lucky Charms, the “magically delicious” sugar-coated cereal fronted by a cartoon leprechaun that feebly tries to prevent hungry children from getting his colorful charm-shaped marshmallows. The illnesses have left many wondering if the latest lineup of charms includes hearts, stars, horseshoes, clovers, and tasty infectious bacteria.
The website iwaspoisoned.com, which collects consumer reports of food-borne illnesses, has received more than 3,000 complaints about the cereal from all over the US, most of which are from the past few weeks. Lucky Charms has now received more illness reports than any other individual product in the site’s 10-year history, according to Patrick Quade, founder of the site, who spoke with The Wall Street Journal.
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