Grape Tree recalls Easy Melt Couverture Dark Chocolate 55% because of undeclared milk
Act if you are allergic to milk
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to milk. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
Check your pack
Easy Melt Couverture Dark Chocolate 55%
Pack size: 300g- Batch code
- 241796
- Best before
- October 2026
Affected best-before dates run until October 2026. Products from this recall may still be on sale or at home.
What to do
Advice from the FSA notice:
- If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to milk or milk constituents, do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund. For further details, please contact customer services on [email protected].
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Milk
This product contains milk making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.
Details from the notice
Grape Tree is recalling Easy Melt Couverture Dark Chocolate 55% because it contains milk which is not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.
An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.
What the business is doing
Grape Tree 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 point-of-sale 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.
How this recall compares
- This is the 5th recall or allergy alert naming Grape Tree since 2018 (5 in total). All Grape Tree recalls
- Undeclared milk is behind 270 UK allergy alerts since 2018, more than any other allergen. All milk allergy alerts
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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