Gold Coast schoolboy's disgusting find in lunchtime snack

A Gold Coast teen was disgusted when he found a fly trapped inside an unopened LeSnak. Photo / supplied

The father of a Gold Coast teenager says he was disgusted when his son discovered a dead fly trapped inside a sealed Le Snak pack.

John, who didn't want his last name published, told news.com.au he purchased a box of Uncle Tobys Le Snak Tasty Value Pack 264G at Woolworths in Runaway Bay, Queensland, about a month ago. But it wasn't until his 15-year-old son went to open one of the cheese and biscuit snacks at school a few days ago that he realised it came with an unwanted side of dead fly.

John said his son noticed the insect before opening the Le Snak and left it sealed before later contacting manufacturer, Nestle.

"He decided not to open it because he was concerned for his health," John said.

"My son was in shock when he found a fly in his lunch at school and was very disappointed he had to go hungry."

John said a Nestle spokesman asked him to send a photo of the item before requesting the snack to be posted to the company for inspection.

"[The person I spoke to] was not apologetic at all until I said how upset my son and I were," he said.

"By the time we received their letter and return mail bag, we had thrown it in the bin as it took too long, and was just sitting around the house."

Nestle spokeswoman Sally Strautins told news.com.au the company had been in touch with the customer to arrange collection of the product "to allow for a full investigation of this complaint with our factory".