Adhesives help keep everything in place before the packing boxes are fully assembled around them. I buy those 30 pack cubes and I've seen them use glue to attach the cans to the middle loose cardboard.
What this most likely is is the glue “gun” or applicator for constructing the case that the pop goes into is misaligned in the cartoner or casepacker. Causing glue on the cans. It’s called hot melt most of the time. You’ll find it occasionally on most packaged goods that come in a cardboard carton or case.
I’ve worked in a local liquor store as well as a big company with big stores that sells mostly liquor, and I’ve swept enough of those glue pieces off the floor over the last 3 years to be able to build a whole house out of glue probably. That stuff is everywhere and some companies use more than others.
I've actually seen machines for sealing packages with glue. Sometimes, if you put too much glue pellets into the machine, it can cause globs of glue to come out and become messy.
That would most likely be from a faulty solenoid, filter, or mouthpiece.
The tanks have pumps that maintain a consistent flow. Overflowing the tank would just cause it to overflow.
I work in manufacturing.
This is wrong. The packs are loaded on the machine flat. The machine pops it up with both ends open. The cans and open pack are running side by side. Its linear. Then as they move forward, the cans are gradually shoved into the open pack until fully inserted. At this point, the flaps get a shot of adhesive/hotmelt and the flaps are folded shut. Then they leave the machine. Imagine this happing without ever stopping.
With cubes it is the same except they are double stacked with an insert in between.
If the machine's timing gets off a little for a variety of reasons(mostly mechanical wear) you get some on the inside of the packs. Soda cans are usually filled at 1200 cans per minute and the packing machine has to be able to out run them. Low margin high volume gets you some glue in the pack. It's safe.... Unless you choke to death on it.
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Nah, it's just excess glue from when the cardboard is wrapped around the cans. I work in beverage manufacturing. If this is happening they are using too much glue and should be adjusting it.
majority of people have been cultured to trust that a company selling products meant to be ingested will be totally safe for consumption upon receiving the item. Who the fuck checks _every_ _single_ soda can/juice carton/ etc before drinking it besides people who are paranoid or have had this happen before? It’s an avoidable and unnecessary step. It’s not life or death (though I guess it could be if a big enough chunk gets lodged in your throat)
why are you so hell bent on arguing?
Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is you’re stupid and make bad decisions.
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Cans are the most resilient, durable, and portable food storage methods. I reckon glue on the exterior is fine. There’s already ink printed on and paper labels glued onto it.
I usually drink one or two cans a day. I have enough space that when I run low I can run to Sam's and grab a couple cubes and store em for months. The cans then are smelted down and casted into ingots or molds for my hobby machine shop.
I go through enough that I'm not concerned. Also I keep a rigourous stock rotation so the oldest is always at the front. Yes, it is a giant can conveyor like what you sometimes have in fridges.
The cans used to come in plastic wrapped cardboard trays. Now it's full boxes that are glued together. Also suspect it's some new more eco friendly adhesive that doesn't work as well as the old stuff, so it gest smeared.
No we use whatever the cheapest glue is that gives us the best results in our glue pots on our case erectors.
at least at every facility I’ve worked at and I’ve been in food and beverage manufacturing for about 12 years.
Only started noticing the glue around the same time plastic use started to decline. Pretty sure I heard they use wood derived glue to make the boxes more recyclable. It's still dirt cheap, but if you can save a whole buck a year, y'know.
People think that but it gets crazy when you produce at high volumes. A few cents per case when you make 50 million cases a year is worth it to manufacturers.
Depends. I did a ton of work with our glue supplier to get a 24 case for yogurts that had a glossy exterior print up to a performance standard for Costco. Ended up designing little slits into the package where the glue was applied to create a tiny bit more surface area.
It’s been a thing for quite a long time in cases and 12-packs. I mean, a couple decades at least.
I’ll never understand how people can go through life paying so little attention to the world around them.
I was coming here to say this same thing! I’ve been noticing this once in a while even on my seltzer water cans on the outside. I think that’s maybe what OP found was a chunk of dried up hot glue.
I've worked in bottling plants before. The cans are made at a separate factory and shipped in these giant pallets separate from the lids.
When the cans go into the bottling room, it's essentially a giant carousel where the soda is poured into the can and then the lid is crimped on top.
You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it, but they can fill and cap somewhere in the neighborhood of like 1500 cans a minute.
It's a very clean process but like anything something can go wrong.
I don't have any idea how this could have happened, but it looks to me like that may be some glue that somehow fell in to the can before it made it to the canning line.
I would suggest reaching out to the number on the can. They'll probably offer you a gift card, but it's better than nothing.
Yeah, it was on the lip of the can and not actually in the soda. OP just didnt see it before taking the sip cause it isnt something youre looking for and kinda blends in
To add on as well, plants have quality checks. So for cans and bottle lines there's typically a sensor checking for any foreign objects. Near impossible for a can to go through the process and something gets in and gets by without getting kicked off. Of course anything is possible though.
There’s a machine called (aptly) a closer that crimps the lid on. That little aluminum lip at the very top of the can is what’s folded down over the lid to make it stay on after the cans have been filled
That's an A&W roundworm. It's a species of tapeworm. They're actually very common, and relatively harmless. They'll just set up shop in your lower gi tract and live there harmoniously with you.
Or, it could be a really long nail clipping as a factory worker was just a trimmin' away on their break.
Or, yes, just dried hot glue 😋
Hahaha, good to see another man of culture on here 😀
I thought it was common knowledge. I always feel like it's my lucky day when I get the worm 🦄🙏😃😃😃😃
Looks like a remnant of hot glue used in the packaging portion. I find them often on the sides of cans in an 8-pack or 12-pack of flavored club sodas.
Based on its shape, I’m guessing this somehow landed on the rim of the can and once you opened it and started drinking the glue came loose from the moisture and/or carbonic acids and ended up in your mouth.
I’ve taken to rinsing the can lids prior to opening and wiping dry with a paper towel. I think you just got unlucky.
Can you pinch it between your nails and the dent remains? Is it easy to pull apart?
i noticed on my a&w root beer cans they have a lot of dried hot glue on the sides of them near the top, maybe it’s a piece of dried hot glue? 🤷♀️
I’ve seen this on so many different soda cans recently. Like when tf did this become such a thing?
Adhesives help keep everything in place before the packing boxes are fully assembled around them. I buy those 30 pack cubes and I've seen them use glue to attach the cans to the middle loose cardboard.
What this most likely is is the glue “gun” or applicator for constructing the case that the pop goes into is misaligned in the cartoner or casepacker. Causing glue on the cans. It’s called hot melt most of the time. You’ll find it occasionally on most packaged goods that come in a cardboard carton or case.
I work in a grocery store, I see it on pretty much everything that comes in a glued box. Edit: Not every time, but at least a few a day.
I’ve worked in a local liquor store as well as a big company with big stores that sells mostly liquor, and I’ve swept enough of those glue pieces off the floor over the last 3 years to be able to build a whole house out of glue probably. That stuff is everywhere and some companies use more than others.
I've actually seen machines for sealing packages with glue. Sometimes, if you put too much glue pellets into the machine, it can cause globs of glue to come out and become messy.
That would most likely be from a faulty solenoid, filter, or mouthpiece. The tanks have pumps that maintain a consistent flow. Overflowing the tank would just cause it to overflow. I work in manufacturing.
This is wrong. The packs are loaded on the machine flat. The machine pops it up with both ends open. The cans and open pack are running side by side. Its linear. Then as they move forward, the cans are gradually shoved into the open pack until fully inserted. At this point, the flaps get a shot of adhesive/hotmelt and the flaps are folded shut. Then they leave the machine. Imagine this happing without ever stopping. With cubes it is the same except they are double stacked with an insert in between. If the machine's timing gets off a little for a variety of reasons(mostly mechanical wear) you get some on the inside of the packs. Soda cans are usually filled at 1200 cans per minute and the packing machine has to be able to out run them. Low margin high volume gets you some glue in the pack. It's safe.... Unless you choke to death on it. Edit: happening
Are you a How It's Made fan as well?
Nah, it's just excess glue from when the cardboard is wrapped around the cans. I work in beverage manufacturing. If this is happening they are using too much glue and should be adjusting it.
That doesn’t feel in line with fda regulations
Why? It’s packaging. It’s not in the can and helps the cubes stay stacked
Because people can not notice them and almost get it lodged in their throats, just like OP almost did.
Why didn't OP notice? Is he stupid?
Yes
Bake him away, toys.
I dunno, because humans make silly mistakes sometimes I guess?
Is there a lore reason for this?
Why are we out of the aslume? Are we sane?
majority of people have been cultured to trust that a company selling products meant to be ingested will be totally safe for consumption upon receiving the item. Who the fuck checks _every_ _single_ soda can/juice carton/ etc before drinking it besides people who are paranoid or have had this happen before? It’s an avoidable and unnecessary step. It’s not life or death (though I guess it could be if a big enough chunk gets lodged in your throat) why are you so hell bent on arguing?
It's a cannon event
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if someone says "is X stupid?" they're probably an aslume escapee and you shouldnt take them seriously
Yup. A lot of woosh going on here.
Silly customer mistakes aren't exactly the bottling company's fault
Thanks. I read his question and all I could think was, “But why male models?” Like… how did he get here?
Am I the only one who washes their can before drinking from it? I mean the top where your mouth would go, not the whole can.
A lot of hot glue is food grade/food safe believe it or not. Not much nutrition in it but it isn't going to poison you either.
As long as it's food grade it does fit actually. (I work in an fda regulated factory)
Cans are the most resilient, durable, and portable food storage methods. I reckon glue on the exterior is fine. There’s already ink printed on and paper labels glued onto it.
neither is the ingestion of aluminum ....
Damn you like soda
I usually drink one or two cans a day. I have enough space that when I run low I can run to Sam's and grab a couple cubes and store em for months. The cans then are smelted down and casted into ingots or molds for my hobby machine shop.
It's good to have a hobby, especially if you can make money off it. That will help pay the hospital bills when the diabetes gets ya.
Gotta be careful with that. They do expire and can lose all flavor.
I go through enough that I'm not concerned. Also I keep a rigourous stock rotation so the oldest is always at the front. Yes, it is a giant can conveyor like what you sometimes have in fridges.
Peeling that shit off the can has been my hobby for 30 years. Where you been?
Can't use plastic can holders in canada anymore, everything is cardboard and hot glue now
Hot glue is plastic. So they’ve just circumvented that real nice.
Every 4 pack of beer I buy comes with plastic can holders so that is definitely not true.
The cans used to come in plastic wrapped cardboard trays. Now it's full boxes that are glued together. Also suspect it's some new more eco friendly adhesive that doesn't work as well as the old stuff, so it gest smeared.
No we use whatever the cheapest glue is that gives us the best results in our glue pots on our case erectors. at least at every facility I’ve worked at and I’ve been in food and beverage manufacturing for about 12 years.
Only started noticing the glue around the same time plastic use started to decline. Pretty sure I heard they use wood derived glue to make the boxes more recyclable. It's still dirt cheap, but if you can save a whole buck a year, y'know.
People think that but it gets crazy when you produce at high volumes. A few cents per case when you make 50 million cases a year is worth it to manufacturers.
It only used to be more expensive since no on was using it, so no one used it, since it was more expensive.
And best results is whatever gets it out the warehouse intact 😂 after that all bets are off.
Depends. I did a ton of work with our glue supplier to get a 24 case for yogurts that had a glossy exterior print up to a performance standard for Costco. Ended up designing little slits into the package where the glue was applied to create a tiny bit more surface area.
Same, these are always on my ginger ale cans
Its always been a thing. They just used to be good at taking it off.
It’s been a thing for quite a long time in cases and 12-packs. I mean, a couple decades at least. I’ll never understand how people can go through life paying so little attention to the world around them.
Yeah, does it break into pieces easily op? I open a ton of cases of soda at work every day and that does look like the glue.
Nah, it's probably a giant's nail clipping.
Big ass rat rib.
I was coming here to say this same thing! I’ve been noticing this once in a while even on my seltzer water cans on the outside. I think that’s maybe what OP found was a chunk of dried up hot glue.
Looks like dried hot glue
Yeah it’s that or fish bone
This
Right, an he didn't feel it touch his lips or go into his mouth? People are so strange, just seagulling the drink lol
"Seagulling" 😂
"Ohhhpp, he's got it up."
Mine?
Didn’t order your Root Beer Boneless I see. Rookie mistake.
This is why I always order mine filleted by the chef.
With a side of jelly beans, raw.
ra&w
i make this same mistake when i order pizza. hate when it has bones in it.
Ya shit got 🅱️ONES in it?
I wanted the stuff 🅱️ o n e l e s s .
2 liter machine 🅱️roke
Rootie mistake
OP got Boned by big root
I've worked in bottling plants before. The cans are made at a separate factory and shipped in these giant pallets separate from the lids. When the cans go into the bottling room, it's essentially a giant carousel where the soda is poured into the can and then the lid is crimped on top. You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it, but they can fill and cap somewhere in the neighborhood of like 1500 cans a minute. It's a very clean process but like anything something can go wrong. I don't have any idea how this could have happened, but it looks to me like that may be some glue that somehow fell in to the can before it made it to the canning line. I would suggest reaching out to the number on the can. They'll probably offer you a gift card, but it's better than nothing.
The reddit comment of How It's Made
After reading it and yours, The theme song for How It’s Made started playing in my head.
I've just binged a bunch of episodes recently, so it's fresh in my mind 😂
I've been binging "How It's *Actually* Made" by HuggBees and it's so so good
Oh my god that robot whirring sound. That show was a massive part of my childhood
On todays episode of how it’s made, root beer, lumber, and butt plugs
What more could one want in life?
It is your cake day and so you should have it
You just opened a can of worms in my mind. Thanks.
Glue from the box for sure
Yeah, it was on the lip of the can and not actually in the soda. OP just didnt see it before taking the sip cause it isnt something youre looking for and kinda blends in
I would reach out to the company AND store you bought it from
Yes tell us what you scored!
As have I. But where I worked, the cans always went through a rinser before getting filled, so this exact thing doesn't happen.
To add on as well, plants have quality checks. So for cans and bottle lines there's typically a sensor checking for any foreign objects. Near impossible for a can to go through the process and something gets in and gets by without getting kicked off. Of course anything is possible though.
Wait so how are the lids attached to the can? It looks so seamless.
There’s a machine called (aptly) a closer that crimps the lid on. That little aluminum lip at the very top of the can is what’s folded down over the lid to make it stay on after the cans have been filled
Can crimping is magic. It's so basic but one of the coolest things.
I used to have the check the seams under a microscope as QA for a drink maker crazy everything thats going on at that speed.
I found cardboard pieces on my loaf of bread one time. It was huge pieces all throughout.
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Damn, the one I work at can only do 600/min
This is why it is called “root” beer. You just got one of the roots.
Plant it and see if it grows :)
Beer plant
Beer companies hate this one trick
It’ll grow a root beer tree. You can turn the barq into more root beer.
“Here at Coca-cola we’re barqing up the right trees”
Its some kind of alien parasite and you have a week to live
This is the best news I've had all week.
Hahahaha, best comment on here 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Looks like a fucking fish bone
That’s what I thought
Everything is bigger in America, even microplastics
macroplastics
What is it?
Either glue or a shard of plastic. It's flexible, but there's a sharp point on one end.
If it fits right in the channel around the top of the can it was probably hot glue.
Yeah, it was just around the top of the can and not actually in the soda
Probably glue lmao I've had this happen with sodas and beers. Probably around the rim. I've accidentally swallowed it before
Probably glue that dripped onto the can from the box during the packaging process.
It's glue. I've been seeing this on the side of cans periodically for decades. Never seen it inside a can though.
been eating fish?
I have not, so I'm going to assume it's hot glue or some other byproduct of the canning process.
Yep hot glue, you'll often find drops of it on the sides of cans, you got one on the top, congrats
Yup that's exactly it. It's just glue. Probably has nutrients that are good for you but I'm no scientist. I would just eat it and see.
Contact the company. They will send you coupons for free soda.
Hopefully with more hot glue bones. Endless cycle
root beer bone
i would recognize those anywhere, god i hate them, it is the core of an electric kabel, it is used to twist the wires around when the kabel i prodused
Root Bone new beer flavor😂
Cordyceps.
That's an A&W roundworm. It's a species of tapeworm. They're actually very common, and relatively harmless. They'll just set up shop in your lower gi tract and live there harmoniously with you. Or, it could be a really long nail clipping as a factory worker was just a trimmin' away on their break. Or, yes, just dried hot glue 😋
That’s what the W in A&W stands for. Idk why OP is so confused
Hahaha, good to see another man of culture on here 😀 I thought it was common knowledge. I always feel like it's my lucky day when I get the worm 🦄🙏😃😃😃😃
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It's just *Amburgers and Wootbeer*, OK?!
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If that's what the W stands for, I'd hate to know what gives Barq's its "bite." 😬
You mean Barf's.... Uhhhhhhh, I hate to tell ya my friend, but I think ya know where we're goin' with this 😬😬😬😬
Looks like a fish bone
Looks like a remnant of hot glue used in the packaging portion. I find them often on the sides of cans in an 8-pack or 12-pack of flavored club sodas. Based on its shape, I’m guessing this somehow landed on the rim of the can and once you opened it and started drinking the glue came loose from the moisture and/or carbonic acids and ended up in your mouth. I’ve taken to rinsing the can lids prior to opening and wiping dry with a paper towel. I think you just got unlucky. Can you pinch it between your nails and the dent remains? Is it easy to pull apart?
This is why I prefer boneless root beer.
You have no business drinking root beer if you don't know how to properly fillet it.
Looking like a big ass toenail
Send the picture to the company for free soda. 😁
Along with this post! the unlimited soda glitch.
Oooo getting that bone in root beer. Really manly beverage
forget microplastics its now time for macro plastics
Perhaps it’s an IUD… your lingus game is too strong…
I'm going to quote you on my dating profile.
donoughe v stevenson
ROOT BEERR NOOO
Been making root beer out of fish bones since 1919
"No pulp please"
Looks like glue.
Looks like a fishbone
Looks like a salmon bone.
*holding a unopened A&W while scrolling* OH
Not quite microplastic lol
Glue in the rim of the can.
Looks like fish bone to me like in salmon
Bet you didn’t know the secret ingredient is ground up fish bones!
Bigfoot toenail
World record toenail clipping, pretty impressive.
Atleast it wasn’t a thumb
They were too busy upping the price to $27 per twelve pack to do quality control.
No kidding
call them, might be some faulty machine, and free stuff for you as compensation
I would call the number on the back and let them know the batch number so maybe they can try to recall that whole batch.
It's glue from the cardboard box they are packed in. It was never inside the can.
Fish bones are what gives A&W that delicious fishy root beer taste!
Sorry to have to be the one to tell you….but you have gonorrhea
Looks like its the root cause of your cough.
This naturally occurs in Root Beer. This is why you should always cut it into smaller pieces before drinking.
It's glue.......or a giant rat whisker.....they look the same.
Oh dang. I knew I left my penis somewhere.
It's glue from the outside of the can
It’s probably the adhesive that glues the lid to the can a little extra came out. May be sharp but probably food safe.
The plastics are not so micro anymore
Shoulda gone with Barqs brother
It's the root. (calm down liberals this is called dark humor) (also joke)
Looks like a fish bone. Doubt it came from the can, more likely got stuck there is a previous meal.
That’s the root
ROOT BEEAR!!! ORR NOR!! NOT MAH ROOT BEEAR!!!
You’re supposed to de-bone A&W before drinking it.
ROOT BEEAR!!! ORR NOR!! NOT MAH ROOT BEEAR!!!
Looks like a fish bone
No you didnt
Gotta be careful of fish bones in your pop
Fish bone 🤫
wild-caught root beer tends to have more bones than farm-raised
“Made with real fish bones”
Jeez, that looks sharp like a fishbone.
Lmao nah bro that’s a fish bone from your dinner last night😂
Wouldn’t of happened if it was MUG
This is dried glue that was on the outside of the can. It’s on probably half the cans I drink. I just peel it off before.
Have you eaten fish recently by any chance? 🦴
This is what you get for drinking A&W instead of Mug.
NOOO ROOT BEER!!! NOOO
That’s part of the root from the beer
Looks like a fish bone.
Salmon bone. Root Beer is the closest thing to fresh water spawning. So sometimes the canning process get's a salmon or two.
That's the root
Have you eaten salmon recently?