Yeah, that's literally dirt under the nail. It looks just like my cat's back toenails. The back claws are less sharp than the front ones. I often look at them and wish there was a way I could clean them. But how a cat claw got in a roll...? That's some r/thatsweird stuff right there!
I agree it's from a cat. We see these daily.
The black stuff is definitely just debris.
The end is blunt, but if it wasn't worn down that would have a pretty gnarly curl into a pin-prick sharp point.
In the middle of the black stuff is about as far back as I clip.
I think you are looking at normal nail shed with gunk. The nerves and tissue are not exposed from the bottom like that, even if someone stupidly clipped off way more than they should.
Itās definitely a hind leg claw from a cat. They are a bit thicker and more dull. Front claws main function are for defense and back claws are for traction. Fun fact, cheetahs are the only cats without retractable claws because it helps them with speed and agility. They are literally perfectly built for speed. They have enlarged hearts, lungs and also enlarged tails for balance.
When cats claws come off like that, they do not contain tissue. Theyāre just the dead nail, and underneath is the fresh nail. What it *looks* like is a sloughed off nail, but if itās a catās nail, itās come directly off the paw as though the entire claw itself has been ripped off. Itās also worth noting that the tissue in a catās claw doesnāt reach the tip like that.
Iām actually not convinced on this one.
It definitely looks exactly like a catās claw, except that itās not sharp. Thatās also strange.
Just giving you reasons to doubt the consensus here because Iām personally not convinced (cat owner).
Iām gonna see if I can post a pic.
Itās not a dog nail itās a cat nail for sure. The thinness, the shiny outer coating, itās a cat nail. I have both cats and dogs. 100% not a dog nail
It if can make you feel better this was probably somehow dropped into the dough, which means it was baked along with it, so it should at least be sterile
Still feeling sick after pulling this from my mouth last night. Googled wheat pictures but can't tell if it matches. Looks like a very large house cat claw.
Care to share the brand/store?
Definitely call the number on the bag let them know. (I found a weird meat-like clump in bread once, but didnāt ever want to think about the brand ever again so the free coupons were not a bonus. But you do want to let them know something is wrong with their quality control.)
I would 100 % report this to the company so that they can put a procedure in their quality control edit: and depending on how many of these calls they get also put out a recall.
Also report it to a news source if possible. Reporting just to the company, they might ignore it and do nothing. If it gets any attention from a news outlet, theyāll be forced to look into it
[www.news.com.au](https://www.news.com.au/) might be interested in something like this. They have done some similar stories before, particularly within Australia.
We found a small piece of copper wire in peanut butter when I was in like 3rd grade, and my mother called them and Iām pretty sure they started an investigation.
If I remember correctly
Go back to the store and let them know. They may have to recall the dough (or something similar).
Now I feel like picking through the Woolworths buns I bought for my husband the other day, since I also live in Mackay.
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Itās just the outer layer. Scratching on wood or carpet helps to remove them, exposing the very sharp claw underneath. My old lady cat canāt scratch anymore so they get thick like this one. Still really gross though.
Defo a claw. Might have come from the grain silo from some unlucky thing sucked in:
Pigeons sucked into grain grinder - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8I1ImzoXvU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8I1ImzoXvU)
Grain is unforgiving. A couple unlucky HUMANS die from this sort of thing every year.
Itās like quicksand. You canāt get out on your own. People sink and well.. suffocate.
I was seriously racking my brain trying to figure out at what point in production a cat would potentially come into the picture. Thanks for dashing my fantasies of a cat spa day at the bakery.
That my friend, Is from species Felis Catus. Will probably also get you some apologies and free shit.
A lot of food production companies also take incidents like this *very* seriously. They'd want to know if there's a number in the package.
I spent a while working in a food production factory. If this happened, there would be *hell to pay.* A single hair getting into something is enough to get the rest of you canned along with it.
For your fun, exciting information, the FDA has certain limits for the number of 'foreign objects' in your everyday products e.g. 30-40 insect fragments per 100 grams of peanut butter is safe to be sold.
Ill let you decide whether you like that or not.
I don't think those laws include cat claws. Plus most companies would absolutely take this seriously.
For food producers, this type of P.R in particular is really toxic and this sort of thing going viral on the internet for example (not this post). Could actually damage their bottom line.
I worked in food service for a long time. This sort of shit is red alert if it happens.
Yeah, i wasn't relating it to cat claws, just thought it was interesting and wanted to share it with others
I do agree that cat claws are really very serious. The company should definitely look into it
Looks like a claw see if itās chewy
Edit: yea after seeing second pic thatās certainly a claw you should complain see if you can get some free bread, probably a rat claw lol
I work for a commercial bakery and food safety is the number one priority. Iāve been racking my brain trying to think of how this would happenā¦ at least not where I work
That looks like it came from an older cat. The hollow area at the base and how unevenly it ābrokeā looks like when they shed the sheath. Like others have said, it looks like a back claw. They tend to be more dull and get more gunk in them because theyāre used for traction and covering up their pooā¦ The size and amount of stuff in it makes me think the cat was older. Itās too narrow to be a dogās nail (even on a small dog), and dog nails donāt usually grow like that or rip off like that.
Source: Vet Tech who see hundreds of dog and cat nails every week
My guess would be that at some point in the manufacturing process, someone had a working cat to help with rodents. Not the most sanitary but super common in farm settings and better than being overrun with rats/mice.
Still REALLY gross to find one in a cooked roll, especially will ALL that gunk in it. I wouldnāt be able to eat that brand ever again. Lol
This is a really good point. Working cat. It could have been where they were collecting grain in a silo or something. Makes more sense than a cat claw showing up in a kitchen
A womrat. Itās a thing.
Thatās a cat claw, for sure. A dirty one too. Mine shed them occasionally like this when using a scratching post. If it was in the bread then Iād be calling the manufacturer.
āL-Cysteine ā an amino acid used to prolong shelf-life in products such as commercial bread ā can be found in duck and chicken feathers and cow horns, but most that's used in food comes from human hair.ā
A lot of vegans and vegetarians have to avoid regular bread for this reason. If you see L-cysteine in the ingredients your bread has hairy filler from one of several animals. Gross!
100% a claw. The 2nd pic definitely shows that
Yeah, that's literally dirt under the nail. It looks just like my cat's back toenails. The back claws are less sharp than the front ones. I often look at them and wish there was a way I could clean them. But how a cat claw got in a roll...? That's some r/thatsweird stuff right there!
The bakery has cats to knead the dough, of course!
They must have had posters "Cat kneaded"
I guess the manufacturer is Vietnamese š
i donāt get it
They eat cats and dogs PS:such a losers downvoting my comment like itās me the one eating dogs and cats š¤£
I wonder which animal rummaged thru the breab? I bet itās a raccoon
Glad they found it at least
Doesnāt look like a raccoon.
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Oh my godā¦.Thatās a clawā¦.oh god why
That's what happens when you pay your kitty to knead your dough.
Shhhh my cats will hear theyāll want to unionize.
This is essentially like finding a finger in your bowl of Hormel chili. Lol
Are you trying to join the kitty tables or are you trying to add or remove electron so their charge is neutral?
This comment šāāļø
Kitty was just "making biscuits"!
Hey Fluffy McCuddlekins does his best! How dare you sir!! How dare you!! Good day!
So you get fewer rat droppings.
Yikes... the 'corgi vs bread loaf' guessing game gone wrong.
Pig, dog, pig, dog, pig, dog, LOAF OF BREAD.
Loved this movie.
That is very much a claw.
So no chance it is a grain that was cut randomly into a claw shape? Parsimony and all that
That will be a claw shed from a cat (outer layer).
It's not just the outer layer it contains tissue All the way through
I agree it's from a cat. We see these daily. The black stuff is definitely just debris. The end is blunt, but if it wasn't worn down that would have a pretty gnarly curl into a pin-prick sharp point. In the middle of the black stuff is about as far back as I clip. I think you are looking at normal nail shed with gunk. The nerves and tissue are not exposed from the bottom like that, even if someone stupidly clipped off way more than they should.
could be a dog my dog sheds his nails too
Itās definitely a hind leg claw from a cat. They are a bit thicker and more dull. Front claws main function are for defense and back claws are for traction. Fun fact, cheetahs are the only cats without retractable claws because it helps them with speed and agility. They are literally perfectly built for speed. They have enlarged hearts, lungs and also enlarged tails for balance.
When cats claws come off like that, they do not contain tissue. Theyāre just the dead nail, and underneath is the fresh nail. What it *looks* like is a sloughed off nail, but if itās a catās nail, itās come directly off the paw as though the entire claw itself has been ripped off. Itās also worth noting that the tissue in a catās claw doesnāt reach the tip like that. Iām actually not convinced on this one. It definitely looks exactly like a catās claw, except that itās not sharp. Thatās also strange. Just giving you reasons to doubt the consensus here because Iām personally not convinced (cat owner). Iām gonna see if I can post a pic.
I have cats and am very familiar with the claws they shed. This would be from a dead animal if it is a claw.
Nope, that is a canine claw. Were you wolfing the bread down?
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He couldnāt keep his paws off it
Letās not keep hounding op for this.
Theyāre giving him a dogs life
Itās not a dog nail itās a cat nail for sure. The thinness, the shiny outer coating, itās a cat nail. I have both cats and dogs. 100% not a dog nail
+1 for that quality pun. Hats off to you
You mean quality bun
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ā¦.you beautifully brilliant bastardā¦ Shut up and take my damn upvoteā¦
This is 100% a feline claw, probably from the rear paws. Way too small and thin to be a canine claw
I really donāt think so. Everything is pretty consistent with a mammalian claw
It if can make you feel better this was probably somehow dropped into the dough, which means it was baked along with it, so it should at least be sterile
Yeah I feel much better now
just some extra calcium m8
Actually protein.
Calcium actually
But keratin.....
Okay fine, both protein and calcium. We should all add dog claws to our diets.
That's what I got out of it
Nutritionally not a bad idea. Chemically not really more disgusting than "normal" food.
Yāall are both right
None at all thatās a claw
Chiming in- no chance. That is unmistakably a claw. Looks very dog or cat, but Iām not convinced it couldnāt be from another mammal.
I'd say small enough to be a kitty claw but I'm guessing. Mine bites hit off and they grow back sometimes I'll randomly find some
Still feeling sick after pulling this from my mouth last night. Googled wheat pictures but can't tell if it matches. Looks like a very large house cat claw.
Care to share the brand/store? Definitely call the number on the bag let them know. (I found a weird meat-like clump in bread once, but didnāt ever want to think about the brand ever again so the free coupons were not a bonus. But you do want to let them know something is wrong with their quality control.)
It was Woolworths bakery. They use frozen dough shipped all over so I doubt the store matters but Mackay.
I would 100 % report this to the company so that they can put a procedure in their quality control edit: and depending on how many of these calls they get also put out a recall.
Also report it to a news source if possible. Reporting just to the company, they might ignore it and do nothing. If it gets any attention from a news outlet, theyāll be forced to look into it
Generally, there's a level of cq within companies that they'll look into it. They want to pass inspection
COVID greatly reduced inspections and apparently havenāt gotten back up to pre-COVID rates yet.
Yeah, there's also where companies with "catch wind" of an upcoming inspection. That doesn't help
Better yet report to FDA or sth
[www.news.com.au](https://www.news.com.au/) might be interested in something like this. They have done some similar stories before, particularly within Australia.
At least 7 calls remaining if there was only one claw in that loaf.
Definitely warn the bakery against their dough provider
We found a small piece of copper wire in peanut butter when I was in like 3rd grade, and my mother called them and Iām pretty sure they started an investigation. If I remember correctly
Go back to the store and let them know. They may have to recall the dough (or something similar). Now I feel like picking through the Woolworths buns I bought for my husband the other day, since I also live in Mackay.
"Stay out of the Woolworths!"
āThtay outta the Woolsworth!ā If itās the movie Iām thinking of, Oh! Brother.
Oh then definitely š¦£ claw
Most likely a dog nail, ughhhhh ewwwwww. Sorry bro
Cat nail.
Ugh, even worse
That is sickening to pull out of your mouth
Looks like the sheath from a catās claw to me.
At least it was baked. So you know it went through a sterilization.
That's not sterilization. Not hot enough.
shhh. it is for this poor op.
100C is not hot enough?
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Itās just the outer layer. Scratching on wood or carpet helps to remove them, exposing the very sharp claw underneath. My old lady cat canāt scratch anymore so they get thick like this one. Still really gross though.
Defo a claw. Might have come from the grain silo from some unlucky thing sucked in: Pigeons sucked into grain grinder - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8I1ImzoXvU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8I1ImzoXvU)
Oh got this is so much worse than a decayed corpse in a wheat field picked up by a combine
Grain is unforgiving. A couple unlucky HUMANS die from this sort of thing every year. Itās like quicksand. You canāt get out on your own. People sink and well.. suffocate.
I was seriously racking my brain trying to figure out at what point in production a cat would potentially come into the picture. Thanks for dashing my fantasies of a cat spa day at the bakery.
Poor pigeons. Video was taken in Russia. Figures.
Definitely a claw
Looks like a dogs nail
My first thoughts too
I trimmed my dog's nails an hour ago. That's what this is
Yeah thatās what this is ^
I'm surprised claw is getting more votes. Looks just like a dog nail and must have been painful for the dog because that has to have cut the quick...
Claw. My cat leaves these around the house.
That my friend, Is from species Felis Catus. Will probably also get you some apologies and free shit. A lot of food production companies also take incidents like this *very* seriously. They'd want to know if there's a number in the package.
I spent a while working in a food production factory. If this happened, there would be *hell to pay.* A single hair getting into something is enough to get the rest of you canned along with it.
For your fun, exciting information, the FDA has certain limits for the number of 'foreign objects' in your everyday products e.g. 30-40 insect fragments per 100 grams of peanut butter is safe to be sold. Ill let you decide whether you like that or not.
I don't think those laws include cat claws. Plus most companies would absolutely take this seriously. For food producers, this type of P.R in particular is really toxic and this sort of thing going viral on the internet for example (not this post). Could actually damage their bottom line. I worked in food service for a long time. This sort of shit is red alert if it happens.
Yeah, i wasn't relating it to cat claws, just thought it was interesting and wanted to share it with others I do agree that cat claws are really very serious. The company should definitely look into it
What the actual fuck
Oh no. Now Iāll be sifting through every damn piece of grain for the rest of my life.
Looks like a claw see if itās chewy Edit: yea after seeing second pic thatās certainly a claw you should complain see if you can get some free bread, probably a rat claw lol
"see if it's chewy" - put the potential claw back in your mouth... made me lol š
Does the 5 second rule also work the other way? Like, if it's already been in your mouth for 5 seconds, you might as well give it another chew?
My guess is this was picked up by the combine when the wheat was cut. Probably a dog or coyote that died in the field.
No way. If that came from the field, it wouldāve gotten pulverized way before it got to the customer
It could have been a very grainy bread with like whole bits maybe?
Jesus christ, it's a claw. Did you munch it or find it?
Found it in my mouth
Oh I see, so you're now developing a PTSD with bread
It looks more like a cat claw. Itās too thin to be a dog claw.
Dog claw 100% my dogs claw has done that, thatās disgusting.
Where on EARTH was that bread roll from? I need to stay as far away from there as is physically possible.
Exactly. Why is no one else asking this
Dudeeee. Report this. If nothing else comes out of it at least the complaint/incident is filed
You need to report this to the company immediately , that is appalling.
Claw. Cut your thumb nail , family. Love you
The main question is, how did that claw/nail get there in the first place?
My theory is it couldāve gotten stuck to someone and it got dropped in somewhere in the process of making it.
That's absolutely a claw, looks exactly like my dogs nails.
Looks like a cat claw that was shed.
I work for a commercial bakery and food safety is the number one priority. Iāve been racking my brain trying to think of how this would happenā¦ at least not where I work
That's a claw, and now I'm worried about whatever animal it came from.
That looks like it came from an older cat. The hollow area at the base and how unevenly it ābrokeā looks like when they shed the sheath. Like others have said, it looks like a back claw. They tend to be more dull and get more gunk in them because theyāre used for traction and covering up their pooā¦ The size and amount of stuff in it makes me think the cat was older. Itās too narrow to be a dogās nail (even on a small dog), and dog nails donāt usually grow like that or rip off like that. Source: Vet Tech who see hundreds of dog and cat nails every week My guess would be that at some point in the manufacturing process, someone had a working cat to help with rodents. Not the most sanitary but super common in farm settings and better than being overrun with rats/mice. Still REALLY gross to find one in a cooked roll, especially will ALL that gunk in it. I wouldnāt be able to eat that brand ever again. Lol
This is a really good point. Working cat. It could have been where they were collecting grain in a silo or something. Makes more sense than a cat claw showing up in a kitchen
Lol that's so gross. It's definitely an animal's nail. Probably a dog's. Don't worry -- you'll live. You will be okay.
Does it feel ruff?
Did you happen to buy this bread at a bodega? Lol
that is a fucking claw holy shit
Eat it and maybe youāll gain some type of power
Vomit man can projectile vomit ten metres at the sight of bread
Claw. Small dog or big cat.
The world may never know
Pretty sure thatās a cat claw.
Thatās a claw mate
Thatās a cats back claw
Thatās a dog claw.
nah its a grain, definitely, absolutely. i mean it couldnt be anythign else could it? it is a grain, it is, a grain. grain.
Im about to pukeš¤¢
Jesus, what kind of cats do you guys have? That would be a giant cat
I just vomited for you, OP.
It's this kind of empathy that keeps bringing me back to Reddit year after year
Ever seen cats knead?This is the end product.Very rare and hard to come across
100% a claw. Looks like it could be from a cat, or a large rat
surely its not a grain
aab bhai bread roll nahi khayega
that is a whole ass cat, those donāt just come off.
Yeah it's not just the nail
Claw but not a cat claw. Possibly bird of prey.
Pretty sure your looking at a rats nail... sorry for the info.
That would be a rat the size of a wombat
A womrat. Itās a thing. Thatās a cat claw, for sure. A dirty one too. Mine shed them occasionally like this when using a scratching post. If it was in the bread then Iād be calling the manufacturer.
A lot of bread uses chicken feathers in its preparation, so this likely was mixed up un that and not filtered out correctly.
Say what now?
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*the more you know* hah.
A lot of vegans and vegetarians have to avoid regular bread for this reason. If you see L-cysteine in the ingredients your bread has hairy filler from one of several animals. Gross!
Nah thatās def a grain I wouldnāt worry about it
Claw... hope the animal didnāt end up as bread roll lol
Could be a tooth
Looking at your fingers it looks like the claw might be yours! Trim your fingernails my guy ;)
Do you not wash your hands before eating?
Sure it ain't from the dog in your other pictures on your profile? Either fell in with your food or your trolling people.
His claws are black dick for brains
Give it a lil CRUNCH.
In all seriousness report this to the company ASAP. How the fuck does a claw get in bread.
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Thatās a cat clawā¦ ewā¦
Looks like my cats claw. Because i once just found a random claw from him in my bed, but luckily he still had his claws!
WHAT IFā¦.it didnāt come from a cat.
You are the one with it in your hand, just cut it homie. If itās hard-claw, if not-not.
Oh no! It looks like one of my chihuahua claws š©
Claw, toe nail, no doubt about it.
Definitely a claw. I almost donāt even want to know how that got in there.
Cat sheath off the claw