P.S. I did try peppermint tea (unsweetened) and that did help a little. Also, avoid anything sweet or sugary (including fruit) and coffee or wine.
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Me and my husband have had a bitter taste for a second day already. We have also eaten pine nuts and I am almost certain they were from China, because the price of the nuts was considerably lower. The reason why this happens must be found because the problem seems to bother people from all over the world - I have seen post from the USA, Canada, South Africa, England and I am from Lithuania. Please report it to the responsible authorities - don't let Cina poison the world:)
All food now tastes so bad...ughhh...
All food now tastes so bad...ughhh...
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Unbelieveable - I am in France and hada pine nut salad monday lunch and Pesto pasta in the evening. Tuesday night I felt like I had washed my mouth out with a sickly tasting room freshener as I have a really bitter taste and it won't go away. I am so relieved to read these as it makes sense now and I have now idea why I have reacted as I have had no problem with pine nuts before. I don't know where they are from as both meals were in restaurants but I do think that this should be looked in to as I thought I was being poisoned or something. Anyway, I hope that it goessoon as everything tastes disgusting. Amazing to discor other people have the same reaction.
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I have suffered from Pine Nut Bitter Taste in mouth for about 10 days now. I think with all of these people having problems we can test different foods and mouth rinses and report back here to find a cure. Both temporary or permanent cures.
This taste is a chemical or an infection and there should be some way to clean it or kill it! However I think we would all agree that only foods and human safe chemicals should be reported on or tried.
I know nothing about how forums work so if someone will start a new topic or add in a link or something... but I have read everyone elses post and here are the results...
Posible Cures
Mint and Mint teas are said to help. I guess this is a temporay remedy for right after to get the taste but not a permanent cure.
Oranges - I have read on a few posts that say oranges help. I have personaly tried a couple of oranges and have even eaten the peel strait (washed very well first). I notice little relief form these.
Alcohol and Mouth Wash - I have tried Mouth wash with 21% Alcohol content and it only masked the taste a little. I have started trying Rum with a 40% (80 proof) alcohol contect. Rinsing my mouth with the rum for 30 seconds and then spitting it out or swallowing depending on the mood. JK. The Rum removed the taste but it came back the next time I ate.
This taste is a chemical or an infection and there should be some way to clean it or kill it! However I think we would all agree that only foods and human safe chemicals should be reported on or tried.
I know nothing about how forums work so if someone will start a new topic or add in a link or something... but I have read everyone elses post and here are the results...
Posible Cures
Mint and Mint teas are said to help. I guess this is a temporay remedy for right after to get the taste but not a permanent cure.
Oranges - I have read on a few posts that say oranges help. I have personaly tried a couple of oranges and have even eaten the peel strait (washed very well first). I notice little relief form these.
Alcohol and Mouth Wash - I have tried Mouth wash with 21% Alcohol content and it only masked the taste a little. I have started trying Rum with a 40% (80 proof) alcohol contect. Rinsing my mouth with the rum for 30 seconds and then spitting it out or swallowing depending on the mood. JK. The Rum removed the taste but it came back the next time I ate.
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I am in my fourth day of symptoms & have lost almost 10 pounds. A call to Wholefoods Market in Cambridge MA got me only a company brushoff. They would keep an eye out for other complaints. The fact that there is a two to three day delay between ingesting and the onset of symptoms, plus the necessity to connect those symptoms to the nuts by doing research, makes this approach ludicrous, in my opinion. I have contacted the local Hearst TV affiliate and am documenting my history of symptoms at my doctors office. These things need to come off the shelves.
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Does anyone know why my reply from yesterday was not posted. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?
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Tyhnk god for thid site which I found six weeks ago when experiencing the very scary symptoms.Food is my job and not only did I think my liver had packed up I couldn't actualy work as I couldn't tell if any thing tasted good or not...I threw awat gallons of milk and cream before realising that the problem was me and the pine nuts...I had eaten a lot over the previous weeks. It has taken about six weeks of not eating them to recover. But....I wrote to many retailers in UK telling them of all the reports on this site and others and suggested maybe trying some pine nuts from a different country...as it is the chinese ones that seem to be a problem....and guess what...
Julian graves,Morrissons, sainsburys, Highland wholefoods...are still supplying them...I think there may be a case for sueing if we could get a lawyer intersested,
Julian graves,Morrissons, sainsburys, Highland wholefoods...are still supplying them...I think there may be a case for sueing if we could get a lawyer intersested,
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I fixed a stir-fry dish with pine nuts on Sunday night, and by Tuesday morning I had the same problem as everyone else here. I, like many other posters, did indeed snack on raw pine nuts as I was cooking... This is also the first time that raw pine nuts have had this effect on me.
Before I found these posts, I was trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I had a son come down with strep throat over the weekend, so I was looking at my throat to see if this bitterness was a precursor to me getting sick, too. I found that I have huge, swollen taste buds at the back of my tongue. They are positioned in a V-shape, and I believe they are right where the bitter taste buds are supposed to be on the tongue.
If anyone else here is currently in the midst of a pine-nut-bitter-mouth reaction, I would be interested to know if you also have inflamed taste buds at the back of your tongue. Also, I'd be interested to know if they are positioned in the same V-shape.
This is so bizarre, but I am so thankful for the internet. Otherwise, I'd be going nuts! (Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun.) :-)
Before I found these posts, I was trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I had a son come down with strep throat over the weekend, so I was looking at my throat to see if this bitterness was a precursor to me getting sick, too. I found that I have huge, swollen taste buds at the back of my tongue. They are positioned in a V-shape, and I believe they are right where the bitter taste buds are supposed to be on the tongue.
If anyone else here is currently in the midst of a pine-nut-bitter-mouth reaction, I would be interested to know if you also have inflamed taste buds at the back of your tongue. Also, I'd be interested to know if they are positioned in the same V-shape.
This is so bizarre, but I am so thankful for the internet. Otherwise, I'd be going nuts! (Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun.) :-)
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AMAZING!!! I did a google search today for "bitter taste after eating" and this was so NOT what I was expecting to find!
I've been in Mexico for the last 3 weeks and have been complaining, too, of the bitter taste after eating. Like one other poster, my sensation is the worst with bread. Nasty!! I had been given a bag of candied pine nuts in Mexico and had been eating a small handful almost daily. I liked them so much I even bought some to give as a gift. I've eating MANY pine nuts in the past and have never noticed this before.
As asked by the previous poster, I just looked at my taste buds. Since I'm not in the habit of analyzing them, I can't really "compare" them. Some do look a bit enlarged, but I don't really notice a v-pattern.
The internet is an amazing thing!!!
I've been in Mexico for the last 3 weeks and have been complaining, too, of the bitter taste after eating. Like one other poster, my sensation is the worst with bread. Nasty!! I had been given a bag of candied pine nuts in Mexico and had been eating a small handful almost daily. I liked them so much I even bought some to give as a gift. I've eating MANY pine nuts in the past and have never noticed this before.
As asked by the previous poster, I just looked at my taste buds. Since I'm not in the habit of analyzing them, I can't really "compare" them. Some do look a bit enlarged, but I don't really notice a v-pattern.
The internet is an amazing thing!!!
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Like many others, I say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for all your posts on this topic!!! I, too, thought I was either going crazy or was ill with some awful condition. Ahhh ... now I will simply relax and wait until this icky taste goes away.
On Tues July 8, I purchased some pine nuts from HEB Grocery Store in Houston, Texas, whipped up a big batch of perfect(!) pesto with my home-grown basil ... and by the following morning while I was eating my daily yogurt-and-berry breakfast, the taste began and hasn't dissipated yet (it's now Sat July 12). Like many others have said, I too munched on the pine nuts while I was cooking ... perhaps before and after I toasted them. My husband ate the finished product pesto and hasn’t had the problem, so I suspect it was the raw version that caused it. I used the whole bag of pine nuts and threw away the bag, but today I will zip by the HEB to inspect another bag and discover just exactly where these pine nuts came from!
I agree with the earlier post that described the taste as a dissolving aspirin on the back of the tongue. YES! That’s exactly the taste!
Again, I thank you all for your dedication to sharing your experiences.
--Looking forward to tastier food in Texas!
On Tues July 8, I purchased some pine nuts from HEB Grocery Store in Houston, Texas, whipped up a big batch of perfect(!) pesto with my home-grown basil ... and by the following morning while I was eating my daily yogurt-and-berry breakfast, the taste began and hasn't dissipated yet (it's now Sat July 12). Like many others have said, I too munched on the pine nuts while I was cooking ... perhaps before and after I toasted them. My husband ate the finished product pesto and hasn’t had the problem, so I suspect it was the raw version that caused it. I used the whole bag of pine nuts and threw away the bag, but today I will zip by the HEB to inspect another bag and discover just exactly where these pine nuts came from!
I agree with the earlier post that described the taste as a dissolving aspirin on the back of the tongue. YES! That’s exactly the taste!
Again, I thank you all for your dedication to sharing your experiences.
--Looking forward to tastier food in Texas!
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I made fresh pesto on Friday night and sunday evening I noticed the taste after dinner. I've expereince all the already discussed symptoms - bitter taste at back of mouth/tongue after eating lasting about 10 minutes, especially awful after something sweet.
I am in Israel and am pretty sure the pine nuts are from China. I have also found post on Israeli forums mentioning the exact same symptoms. The Israeli Ministry of Health doesn't seem to know anything, but received enough complaints that they issued some questionaire about 4 months ago that no longer seems to be accessable.
So bizzarre - I can't beleive this is not something people know about!
I am in Israel and am pretty sure the pine nuts are from China. I have also found post on Israeli forums mentioning the exact same symptoms. The Israeli Ministry of Health doesn't seem to know anything, but received enough complaints that they issued some questionaire about 4 months ago that no longer seems to be accessable.
So bizzarre - I can't beleive this is not something people know about!
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Thank you, thank you. thank you. I was really puzzled, if me and my husband could have both a sudden attack of jaundice or chlamydia infection with no other symptoms present, just the bitter taste in mouth. After I searched for hours on internet I am so happy I found the right answer - pine nuts.... Thank you. thank you. No jaundice, no chlamydia, no colon cancer or gastroezophaeal reflux...:-)
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Attention, all Massachusetts people affected by eating Chinese pine nuts: Please call the MA FDA complaint office immediately and report your symptoms and where you purchased the nuts. Leave a message at 1-800-891-8295. Sheila will call you back within 5 days and take your report.
If we are to accomplish anything, we need as many reports as possible.
If we are to accomplish anything, we need as many reports as possible.
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Early this week I noticed a bitter taste in my mouth. I made the mistake of searching the net and fearing I was having liver failure. Then I found this forum.
I ate some pine nuts last week (some toasted, some plain, and in pesto). My pine nuts were purchased from a Whole Foods in Illinois. I am going back to buy another bag to see if it says "Product of China". Everyone should save any remaining pine nuts they have in case any government agency decides to investigate. Has anyone tried to contact the FDA or CDC? After I buy another bag I will plan to give them a call.
I have had the bitter taste for at least 3 days now. It was a little better this morning, but got progressively worse as the day went on. The taste makes eating and drinking most anything an unpleasant experience. I hope it does not last much longer.
I will plan on posting again once it goes away. I do hope it was some chemical reaction in the mouth only and not anything that damaged the liver. If anyone went to a doctor about it, I would be interested in hearing what they said (especially if any Liver Function blood tests were done). Maybe it only affects some people...just like asparagus (and the stinky urine phenomenon).
I ate some pine nuts last week (some toasted, some plain, and in pesto). My pine nuts were purchased from a Whole Foods in Illinois. I am going back to buy another bag to see if it says "Product of China". Everyone should save any remaining pine nuts they have in case any government agency decides to investigate. Has anyone tried to contact the FDA or CDC? After I buy another bag I will plan to give them a call.
I have had the bitter taste for at least 3 days now. It was a little better this morning, but got progressively worse as the day went on. The taste makes eating and drinking most anything an unpleasant experience. I hope it does not last much longer.
I will plan on posting again once it goes away. I do hope it was some chemical reaction in the mouth only and not anything that damaged the liver. If anyone went to a doctor about it, I would be interested in hearing what they said (especially if any Liver Function blood tests were done). Maybe it only affects some people...just like asparagus (and the stinky urine phenomenon).
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Like the rest of you, I too have the same strange bitter taste when I eat or drink anything after recently eating pine nuts. Thanks to you all. This happened to me once before, but I never found out why -- now I know. As I recall, it took a couple of weeks for it to disappear. Would love to hear if anyone discovers a "remedy" for our bitter, nutty friends...
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