When you’re trying to cut back on bills you might go to Walmart and get their Great Value brand. It’s usually cheaper, though the quality is notably worse. You do what you can, right? But it starts to look like less of a value if you’re finding crap that most certainly shouldn’t be there. This is what happened to one woman in Texas after she bought a bag of sugar at Walmart. No Great Value sugar for me from here on out!
TikToker Sidsobased777, Sid, starts off her TikTok video with a warning. She then claims she had bought a bag of Great Value sugar within the past week and, upon further investigation, she finds little bits of “plastic” particles bigger than a grain of salt. They’re hard to see on the white napkin, but she does an experiment to prove it.
After rinsing out her measuring cup and a fine strainer, she runs a cup of sugar under hot water. Her disgust by the process is visible. “This is not okay,” you can hear Sid mumble.
Picking it out of the strainer, Sid says, “It does not break, it does not dissolve, and there’s a lot of it.” Small chunks of plastic are stuck to her finger by the water. “It’s not sticky. It’s like silica bead or plastic or who knows what, but that is it not sugar.”
Sid gets close to the camera. “That’s what happens when protection gets rolled back on food. Buyer beware” In fact, the FDA enforcement has declined under Trump, encompassing drugs and clinical trials, too.
Whether it’s plastic or silicon or whatever, plastic found in Great Value products is not a new occurrence. The Plastic Contamination Coalition lists food recalls involving plastic. There are more than 60 cases involving plastic, but it hasn’t been updated since January 2025.
““Stop buying from walmart” bro in some places thats the ONLY store,” said one commenter. And when you can barely afford to eat, it’s tough getting away from that situation, too.
“The FDA has approved certain amounts of silica in salt and sugar. They are essentially “cutting” all the food,” another said.
One commenter suggested calling your senators to “demand FDA food safety standards.” And without them, it comes at the detriment of not just our health, but the food, too. That’s your right as an American, so it’s good advice.
