DOUGHNUT-GATE IS SLAM-DUNKER!
Vegan bakery probed for reselling Dunkin’ delights as health food products
ABAKERY built on healthy vegan desserts is getting fried for allegedly reselling Dunkin’ doughnuts — right down to the chain’s distinctive D-shaped logo sprinkles — and claiming the confections are homemade and glutenfree!
Beleaguered baker Michelle Siriani and her Savory Fig pastry shop in Patchogue, N.Y., are under investigation by food safety officials after John Stengel, a co-owner of the Huntington vegan shop Cindysnacks, smelled a rat. Stengel didn’t sugarcoat it when he explained his suspicions were aroused when a Savory Fig delivery included one lilac-frosted doughnut with pink and orange D-shaped sprinkles that “was decorated differently than all the others and in such a strikingly similar way to a recognizable chain.”
He then went viral with a daunting display of photos and commentary documenting each step he took to out what he believed were impostor treats delivered to his shop by Siriani!
He even conducted an athome test on the suspicious snack — and it came back as “high positive” for the presence of gluten! Dunkin’s website says its products contain eggs, milk, soy and enriched wheat products.
“We are mortified we provided any of her products to our customers and our own family,” Stengel posted after cutting all ties with Savory Fig, which supplied his shop with what were supposed to be plant-based and glutenfree baked goods.
“Most importantly, we want to apologize from the depths of our soul to anyone who unknowingly consumed these products.” New York’s Division of Food Safety and Inspection, along with the Suffolk County Department of Health, confirmed they are conducting a full investigation into Doughnut-gate.
Meanwhile, Stengel says the REAL danger of a Dunkin’ pastry masquerading as gluten-free — besides frittering away consumer trust — is that it poses a major health risk to those with food sensitivities or allergies to wheat or dairy.
“I pulled all of the items delivered out of our racks immediately and stored them in the back out of precaution until I could confirm what was or wasn’t happening here,” he notes. The Savory Fig’s Instagram page went dark once the sinker scandal exploded — while a woman claiming to be Siriani’s mom insisted the bait-and-switch claims “are totally untrue.”
But angry customers are saying no to bogus dough — with one Facebook user insisting the Savory Fig “CLOSE YOUR DOORS!”