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Allergy alert Published FSS-AA-029-2025

Aldi recalls Specially Selected 4 Cheddar Cheese Scotch Beef Quarter Pounder Burgers because of undeclared wheat (gluten)

Act if you are allergic to gluten and wheat

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to gluten and wheat, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

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Specially selected 4 Cheddar Cheese Scotch Beef Quarter Pounder Burgers

Pack size: 454g

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Best before
May 2026

The latest affected best-before date was May 2026, which has passed. Recalled products can still be in cupboards and freezers, so check any you have at home.

What to do

Advice from the Food Standards Scotland notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten, do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was purchased for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

Food Standards Scotland's risk statement:

Wheat (gluten)

This product contains wheat (gluten) making it a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat (gluten).

Details from the notice

Aldi is recalling Specially Selected 4 Cheddar Cheese Scotch Beef Quarter Pounder Burgers because they contain wheat (gluten) which is not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance wheat (gluten).

An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.

What the business is doing

Aldi is recalling the above product from customers and has contacted the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the recall. The company has also issued a recall notice to its customers. These notices explain to customers why the product is being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notice.

Information on Food Standards Scotlands work on food allergy and intolerance can be found at: http://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/food-safety-standards/food-allergy. Advice on food allergy and intolerance can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/food-allergy/Pages/Intro1.aspx.

Aldi recalls Specially Selected 4 Cheddar Cheese Scotch Beef Quarter Pounder Burgers because of undeclared wheat (gluten) DOCX (304KB)

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: Scotland.

How this recall compares

  • This was the 7th recall involving Aldi in the 12 months to 18 July 2025. All Aldi recalls
  • Undeclared gluten is behind 171 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 2nd most common allergen. All gluten allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.