Turbatrix aceti (vinegar eels, vinegar nematode, Anguillula aceti) are free-living nematodes that feed on a microbial culture called mother of vinegar (used to create vinegar) and may be found in unfiltered vinegar.
Are vinegar worms harmful?
Vinegar eels are not parasitic and will not harm you. Within just a few days of ingesting them, they are on their way out of your digestive system, excreted the same way as any other waste.
Are there parasites in apple cider vinegar?
What are vinegar eels? Vinegar eel, or Turbatrix aceti, are non-parasitic nematodes which thrive in unpasteurised apple cider vinegar, feeding on the bacteria which creates the vinegar.
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