It does not say chickory on the label, but if it has this, it would explain it. I have been drinking mh for over 40 years never had a problem until the past few months. Over the last month I have been experiencing severe headaches/dizziness. Stir the mix into hot water. My symptoms start within 30 minutes. I opened the container of Max//not so well, there is something different FOR SURE! Thank you. the point not addressed in the original question was tge wood chips: Maxwell House coffee was my coffee of choice until recently. Quit drinking the coffee and I have had no problems since. All in the name of greed and profits. Ever. My last two purchases have upset me greatly. real coffee ( mocha java) non flavored taste like coffee. I switched to other coffees and was fine. I found most instant coffee gives this old Iron Horse the stomach quivers. Went to the doctor's, everything checked out OK, thought I drank too much coffee/ caffeine. By 111:30, I was standing by the truck spitting warm saliva. Once coffee is ground it begins to loose its flavor almost immediately even if it's vacuumed packed. Turned out cutting coffee helped 100% so I quit for a while. She said the Yuban is still 100% arabica. I have been so sick for the last four days .At first I thought it might be the flu but no one else got sick .Today may stomach just keeps on cramping so then I thought what I'm I drinking or eating that no one else in the house is .well it's coffee so I thought I'll check to see if there was a recall but what I did find was this page thank you for every one that posted .I bought maxwell house on Tuesday because was on sale never again .I just hope the pain stops soon. With bad tasting coffee, along w/packaging, I started wondering IF they'd changed what's inside. messing with the coffee itself. Hope this is not a thing. i've been drinking it for about two weeks now and have noticed a gradual onset of an awful tummy ache. It tasted like plastic. Yes indeed, Maxwell House coffee is making me nauseous. I thought I was having a sensitive stomach as a reaction to the Paxil when I stumbled onto this site. By the way, I have encountered both plastic and aluminum cans, and have had the same puzzling experience: Your comments here have confirmed what I thought. Treats me for migraines. We are idiots? Air your complaint. The patches were very red and at the worst would drive me crazy being itchy. I drank maxwell house all my life but started getting so sick to my stomach. Because I had it I continued to drink it with extra sugar and extra cream but I also found that I got stomach cramps after drinking it. I do one scoop of decaf and one scoop of regular. They actually smell like coffe when you open them. The Chain brands add tons of fillers and artificial ingredients that should not be consumed. Any change would be instantly noticed, and it did. Found its not me! After a couple of sips I became convinced it had been sitting on the burner for hours and politely asked for a fresh cup. It seemed to be phased out. I have drank Cafee Francais for 30 years or more. I buy great fresh roasted beans from a small local roaster---they are popping up everywhere or you can buy online. The latte flavoring was purchased at a Walmart in Billings Montana. Was the same. I usually have coffee black or with cream, and I usually drink Folgers. I just tossed it after reading these reviews. I have been drinking miejer organic breakfast blend. Folgers Columbian has been my favorite for years. We thought it might be the pot so we changed pots,,,several times. Something has changed but all for good in my opinion. Although I will admit to having a cu0 of McCafe coffee occasionally MAXWELL House Coffee will be the only Coffee in my cupboard . I've been having terrible morning runs since starting a can of Dark Roast MH coffee. I wrote to Maxwell House asking what had changed? How long does coffee after that date. Always have. I have never stopped drinking coffee since I started as a child, I am now 51. I've been getting headaches to, I thought it was because I was having caffeine withdrawals. Same problem. Maxwell blue mountain flavour drip coffee. Now I noticed they pulled it from the shelves in the stores we shop in. We have tried others recently and then gone back to MH only to realize it smells and tastes like poison, and like many of the posts here, find ourselves wondering about all of our recent headaches and stomach aches. I have been buying Maxwell House for years. I told her that I was too! I kept trying to drink it but but caused stomach problems, pain and some nausea. It had a chemical smell and and taste.Disgusting! Any suggestions for a replacement coffee? Once I switched to Folgers, the diarrhea has stopped! What is up with M H? 5.0 out of 5 stars Maxwell House Decaf Coffee (3) Pack. Arabica beans are of HIGHER quality tasting. Ive been drinking Folgers for years and this last co gained I bought of it tastes and smells like formaldehyde. Sad we have to go to this extent! I doubt I'll ever buy from MH again. Plus special updates from the Coffee Detective Coffee Store. Never thought it could just be the product until i ran across this thread. After drinking it for several mornings I noticed I felt worse and worse. There must be some ingredient besides the coffee that eethat is making people sick. This is terrible! I been suffering since july. Time for a new brand. I have medicated myself with over the counter products, however the pain would go away for a little while but then suddenly return. ago when you opened up a can of coffee, it would go pfffff and out came the most delicious coffee odor. So at this point I googled folgers recall and the top link was an article about people feeling sick after drinking Folgers. I now am trying other brands. Recently, due to food price increases, we decided to start purchasing our good, old Maxwwell House again, as we remembered its decent quality for a less expensive brew. I have been a die hard MH drinker for 30 years. I picked up some MH dark roast ground when my normal Starbucks roast was out of stock, thinking it's good enough to hold me over for a few days BIG mistake! You can also contact them at http://www.maxwellhouse.com. You really are quite deceiving! Doctor only prescribed steroids & antibiotics. I felt the same thing .. nauseous and diarrhea. Maxwell house coffee is absolutely awful it tastes like old socks. The most common complaints seem to be migraines, stomach aches and nausea. Leave our coffee alone!!!! I personally like to switch things up a bit; change brands, blends, beans, ground, etc. Now I wonder what was in those grounds (to keep it fresh) I drank up all those years---always smelled and tasted good. What the hell? On several occasions over the last 5-6 years I've had allergic reactions immediately after drinking a cup of Folger's. I had someone go to the store for me and they came home with maxwell house brand. I don't plan on ever purchasing another product made by MH. Never feel good or right when I drink this brand of coffee will never drink it again! I switched and tryed several other coffees the symtoms subsided. When they get exposed they will just add more additives and say that it is a new and improved formula. Bought the Maxwell house coffee from the Walmart in Checotah Oklahoma. Former Maxwell House coffee plant to close - Chron I would put in 3 scoops per pot and about 2 hours after the first cup was a super laxative effect. I bought the Maxwell House Lite and within a few days developed a rash on my face. I just had a cup an hour ago.abdominal pains already started and now I won't feel good all day. There are so many better choices now. My dads coffee was ALWAYS Maxwell House. Oh and it's not the instant, just the grounds. Burning in my stomach. I was on my normal routine driving to work and started to drink my Maxwell House coffee. Then I look it up and discover today it's has nothing to do with me at all. Always drank this coffee but now it smells like a chemical is in the coffee after you open it!! I found out they served Folgers. I will not buy any Kraft products this includes Kraft cheeses , Capri sun, country time lemonade , kool aid and many other Kraft products. I don't drink much coffee but do like the occassional cappuccino. Now it smells and tastes acidic and bitter and gives me an acid stomach. Glad Im not the only one. ALL supermarket coffee brands no longer specify ARABICA on the cans--except for CFON "new york style", they ALL now say simply, "100% coffee". Got a new container of Folgers ground coffee and have tried several time only to wind up with some of the worst migraines I've ever had. I am going from here to the Maxwell House site to complain. As of 10/21, all coffee in a can is garbage. I will be weaning myself from MHC.I will be trying other brands for relief., I'm so glad to find this site! Stumbled across this site and found I wasn't the only person. A little over a week ago I started getting stomach pains, felt ill and had other digestive problems. Thanks. I commented back before Christmas 2012 about how bad both these coffees had become as far as taste BUT felt lucky that I did not have the physical ill effects as many others had. Plus the gastriintestinal distress. I'm very familiar with coffee blending and roasting techniques. Anyway the last few weeks Ive been having very regular stomach aches and some headaches. Every day for about a week now my day starts off as normal, then I have Max, then I feel like total garbage all day, shaky, nauseous, minor headache, no energy, churning guts. Opened it and smelled something chemical. William Maxwell, original name William Maxwell Keepers, Jr., (born Aug. 16, 1908, Lincoln, Ill., U.S.died July 31, 2000, New York, N.Y.), American editor and author of spare, evocative short stories and novels about small-town life in the American Midwest in the early 20th century. Switched to McDaniel's medium roast. I have been drinking Maxwell House Lite coffee for years. I used to drink their house blend many years ago and it was great. I have been having horrific stomach pains/ issues the past couple weeks along with more headaches than usual. I thought it was just me until today when i searched for others feeling the same. I've never had coffee--or-anything-- so noxious tasting. It would be good if these companies actually answered their customers questions. Also, to the person who said his wife couldn't drink Folger's, same here. I ALWAYS LOVED MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE NOT NOW IT SO BAD THAT I WILL NOT BE BUYING IT ANYMORE. Of course they will not own up to it, that would be bad for business, and result in a loss of profit. In fact it smells pretty awful! Usually don't buy it except once in a while. It is a shame because I have liked this brand for a long time. Drank one cup of Maxwell house coffee February 18th 2022 and got so sick thought I was going to have to go to the hospital, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps, severe sickness!! Because since Kraft bought them out, Kraft has decided to buy the cheapest, crapiest poor quality beans from anywhere in the world, rather than good quality beans from well known reputable sources. I haven't been able to drink it without getting extremely sick to my stomach. I see people in the coffee isles searching/looking at ALL the coffees--Maxwell House & Folgers, then start looking thru the brands in the vented 12oz bags (which are mostly better coffees). This type of business has been this way for centuries. Now most preground coffee brands do this to me. I have had diarrhea after drinking one glass of the coffee along with headaches and a dizzy feeling. Even our doctor said something wasn't right w/ the problems only happening when we drank MH. I found this site. This new stuff tastes very lite and watered down. I also started having intestinal cramps and diarrhea. :(. I certainly would like to see the handle put back on the coffee can like it was. Gawd! That being said, Maxwell House, Folgers, Chock Full o' Nuts etc aren't very good coffee. We drank Maxwell house master blend for years, & loved it!! I think there is really something very wrong with the coffee, has any one noticed this? Smooth, mild, old-fashioned taste! The Maxwell House coffee makes me feel unsteady and I get waves of nausea throughout the day. It's actually strongly linked with the impact of climate change on coffee bean crops. I just picked up a free pound of coffee at Zabars in NYC when buying an Aeropress. switched back a week ago, and sick all over again. Call Kraft-1-800-7057238 tell them about your horrible experience with this awful MAXWELL COFFEE, maybe then they'll take it serious because they sure don't seem to believe it can be their coffee making us all very sick. John Kerry married John Heinz widow..so there Is a political left wing connection. I'm definitely weaning myself off it. I believe Folgers is poison in my body. then the migraines come!!! Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2022. . Then one afternoon, at mom's house, still with a headache. Had to quit maxwell house years ago it caused severe diarrheawent to folders and only one of them didnt cause diarrheanow Im getting severely dizzy and heart arrhythmiahas anyone else been experiencing this? coffee. I have no way of know ing what they have done to their blending or roasting? Something is definitely up and wrong with Maxwell house coffee. It's good to the last drop again these days! I assumed my coffeemaker needed cleaning. this has become quite the joke but it's been extremely frustrating. ""yuck!"" My face has completely cleared except for some scarring. For over three weeks I had been horribly nauseous. This is crazyI actually stopped drinking coffee because I was getting extreme nausea after drinking Folger's After about a week is when it struck me that it was the coffee. I have no doubt that I have been exposed to poison via Folger's coffee. I really think it could be chemicals getting into the plant or beans. My husband and I have been using MH for years. I bought a can of it about 6 months ago. It's blatantly obvious that Maxwell House doesn't care what's in those cans OR what goes on during stages of production. I was ready for the skin doctor!! He has broke out in hives and rashes from the instant coffee. Then I decided to try it again because it was so cheap and sorry to say it still taste bad. All in all, my personal constitution dealt with this for to 3.5 hours, onset took 2.5 hours, for a six to seven hour cycle; I don't know when the headache will totally abate. I started googling to see if there was anything out there about Maxwell House causes people to get sick, and I found this site. I have cleaned up more coffee grounds than I wish to. Maxwell House Marks 100th Anniversary Of Jacksonville Plant Tried 8 o'clock coffee and so far no bad after taste or ill effects. Same problem with Folgers. I reported it and Canada food agency picked it up from me to do testing on. this has happened pretty suddenly. Hope we both don't get sick from it. I made a big mistake buying MH coffee in the first place. It tasted fine but a few hours later I wasnt feeling well. Id had maxwell house before but maybe not for a couple of years. Don't worry if your coffee has all Arabica beans or has some Robusto thrown in. Good to the last drop?? Due to the shortage on supply shelves, they were out of Nescafe, so I got Maxwell House. I agree with the post on 2/18/09. That wonderful aroma and taste was worth getting up for in the mornings. So I start eating Twinkies for breakfast I seemed to do OK with that. So glad to know Im not the only one having this problem . My throat, chest belly and guts were burning. It reminds me of the old Maxwell House coffee when it was smooth and pleasant to drink. I was about half way trough the cup and had to pull over on the highway and vomited continuously with horrible stomach cramps. I finally found and bought a jar, it smelled very flat, NO coffee smell at all, and it tasted very odd. I am trying to be positive. I have drinking Maxwell House Breakfast Blend coffee for years. Tomorrow, I'll take the nearly full can back with a warning that the coffee is contaminated. This goes for Maxwell House too. He normally drinks higher end organic coffee that I buy for him. Don't buy this crap. I miss the convenience of those name brand pre-ground coffees but they are not as they were---NO coffee smell or taste. Tried searching online and Maxwell House Coffee Diarrhea AUTOCOMPLETED in the search. No brewer is required for this instant coffee. I will not be drinking anymore out of this container and will be getting the Kroger brand again. The lable on my COLUMBIAN coffee no longer says 100% Arabica beans, just 100% coffee! Mikey, you need to dig a little deeper re: GMO foods. No more hives or migraines. So i bought the dark roast and still taste terrible and weak. I have been having health problems for over six years off and on including extreme fatigue/weakness, dizziness/vertigo, brain-fog and dissociative identity disorder type issues like feeling lost in my head, etc. They do not hold the vacuum and the coffee is stale before you even buy it. But while staying with a friend, he uses Folgers and I can't stand the smell of it and refuse to drink it. Sad, sad, sad. Haven't heard results of testing yet, but my local store pulled that batch from shelves just to be safe. Whom is gonna start the class action up. I drank a Maxwell House coffee and it was really good. Yuban was instant and mom brewed max house. Not like normal coffee. I use Folgers Instant coffee when I am I a hurry, Usually I grind my own beans. Not just a little nauseau, we are talking exorcist style. I normally drink starbucks house blend and grind the beans but decided to try something new and got a bag of this Folgers Vanilla biscotti flavored coffee. I'm convinced its mostly saw dust thats just been soaked in coffee. The beans in Maxwell House & Folgers coffees were changed to cheaper and lesser quality beans as the containers grew smaller and the price grew higher. I preferred the percolate maxwell house. I have been drinking Folgers coffee for years but the last few months of 2015 I noticed that my coffee didn't taste good anymore and everytime I drank it I would feel nauseated and my stomach would get upset. Those of u with bad smelling and tasting coffees by MH should send them to USDA for analysys, maybe they're adulterating it somehow. I was using it as a stop gap until I could get more cups. folgers instant used to stimulate my mind right before until they gone bad. Want to add that I now drink chock full o'nuts coffee and I no longer get sick to my stomach or have headache like I did when I was drinking maxwell house! thought i'd share because there maybe something going on? We forced ourselves to drink it and now we are paying for it. No stomach problems either. After I noticed a change to Maxwell House coffee, I looked at an older container from years ago that I saved. As someone who is prone to migraines, I watch everything that I eat and drink. :-( My husband has not issue, but I have been getting "dizzy" in the morning 1/2 hour after drinking a cup. ok, i suffered when they got rid of the handle on the side. Though I'd search the web to find if anyone else had this issue and, sure enough, I found this sight. So with this third try of using it in the french press, I realize I'm only having trouble when I drink this. . Started drinking it again & rash came back. Ive had this brand and roast before and the flavor was fine, but this had a taste of just bad coffee. loss of taste. It'll wake you up in the morning, so it gets that job done. I'm not doing anything different in my daily activities. I stopped buying Breyer's Ice Cream, when they decided to go with cheaper ingredients to save a buck. Thanks for all your comments. I guess Kraft really has ruined it. Copyright 2006-2022. I would stay away from this stuff! Boom. Too bad! I haven't seen that label in Florida, I drink both brands and I have never had any problem. Purchased another box at a different store. So after years of drinking MH & never had problems, then all of a sudden MH makes us very ill, something isn't right! It gave me a dull headache, and I never get headaches. Are you using a different blend. My experience varies from can to can. Sheesh!I thought it was just me but after reading many of these comments I realized that it is the brand of coffee I drink. i would have to lay in bed for quite awhile before i would be even a little bit alright. I would say over the last two months. But never experienced these stomach hot flushes until I drank Folgers. I used two teaspoons to make an ice cold Americano with cream. After my first cup it starts making me nauseated, I cant even get myself to drink a second cup like I always do. Smooth, full-bodied flavor offers a classic taste. I am now seeking a replacement brand of coffee. After 4 days of not getting better, we started to think it is the coffee. Since I opened a new plastic bin of Maxwell House about that same time, I have not been able to drink a whole cup for the burning sensation and horrible tremors after the first sip. Sadly, I find Folgers instant to br just as weak. I also am someone who purchased theirs due to the affordability. I started drinking a different brand and it stopped. Most here know you do not buy coffee from the grocery store OR IF YOU MUST then consider some better known brands sold in vented 12oz bags. I soon as I put the coffee mug to my lips I knew something was not right.