After Seeing What This Woman Found Inside Her Coconut Water, You’ll Never Drink It Again

#1 This is Barbara Kline, a mother of two and coconut water enthusiast from Goshen, New York.

Barbara Kline from Goshen, New York, found a slimy, tentacle-laden, octopus-like creature in her coconut water, and after you see the photo evidence, you will never—I repeat, *never*—be the same.

That's right: From the depths of who knows where, the little guy somehow made his way into Kline's bottle of Vita Coco. If you're not retching yet, I guarantee you will be by this article's end.

#2

Kline told WABC that she opened the bottle, took a sip of the beverage and swallowed a clump of a thick substance. Coconut water is not typically thick.

She checked to see if she’d accidentally bought a flavor. When she saw it was, indeed, the unflavored variety, she dumped it out and saw “it was a whole different color.”

When Kline sliced open the carton to investigate, she discovered a squid-like clump at the bottom of the container. Kline told WABC that she immediately became violently ill, was sick for two days and is still suffering respiratory issues related to her asthma. Medical tests have come back negative, Kline said.

#3 A spokesman for Vita Coco said they are investigating, The Sun reported.

“We take all consumer inquiries and product quality issues very seriously, and as a global brand have protocols to properly investigate quality inquiries.

“Vita Coco employs the highest standards of food safety at all its production facilities and our beverages are quality- and food safety-tested internally, and also by an external quality control specialist, before being distributed.

“However, because Vita Coco beverages do not contain preservatives, on rare occasion, random spoilage may occur.

“This is what we are investigating now.”

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Kline told BuzzFeed News that she's "highly, deadly allergic to mold" and has experienced vomiting, diarrhea, and an asthma attack since consuming the coconut water.

"I haven’t had an [asthma] attack in like 10 years. Now, all of a sudden I have one?" she said. "God knows if it’s from the mold."

Kline did go to her doctor, but all tests came back negative, she added.

She has also asked the FDA to take the mold in for testing. However, the FDA told her they typically collect only "unopened or intact products for laboratory analysis."

Vita Coco has asked to take the mold in for testing, even sending her a container to send it back in, but she does not plan to hand it over.

"Why would I have them pick it up, when they’re going to sit there and say, ‘Oh, it’s nothing!’" she said. "I’m not stupid. I’m not going to hand over the only evidence I have."

#5 “There were four of them all together, maybe five and I swallowed one of them,” she said.

#6 Kline said she will never drink coconut water again.

#7 Kline isn't the only person who has found what appears to be significant mold growth inside Vita Coco containers.

#8 Multiple people have posted photos and videos of their discoveries online since at least 2011.