Allergy alert Published Updated once · 1 February 2024 FSA-AA-03-2024

Update: Lidl recalls Duc De Coeur Salted Caramel & Chocolate Tartlets because soya is not emphasised in the ingredients list

Act if you are allergic to soya

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to soya. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

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Duc De Coeur Salted Caramel & Chocolate Tartlets

Pack size: 125g
Best before
All date codes

For at least one product, all date codes are affected. Check every pack you have.

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to soya, do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund (with or without receipt). For further details, contact 02039665566 (GB) or 02895684888 (NI) or by email: [email protected].
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Soya

This product contains soya making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya.

Details from the notice

Lidl recalls Duc De Coeur Salted Caramel & Chocolate Tartlets because it contains soya, which has not been emphasised (in bold) in the ingredients list. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya.

This allergy alert has been updated to include distribution to Northern Ireland.

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

What the business is doing

Lidl is recalling the above product from customers and have been advised to contact 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.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England, Scotland, Wales.

Updates to this recall

  1. · FSA-AA-03-2024
    Original alert: Lidl GB recalls Duc De Coeur Salted Caramel & Chocolate Tartlets because soya is not emphasised in the ingredients list
  2. · FSA-AA-03-2024-update-1
    Update 1: Update: Lidl recalls Duc De Coeur Salted Caramel & Chocolate Tartlets because soya is not emphasised in the ingredients list
    • New batch or date details: best before All date codes
    • Advice to consumers was updated

How this recall compares

  • This was the 12th recall involving Lidl in the 12 months to 31 January 2024. All Lidl recalls
  • Undeclared soya is behind 112 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 3rd most common allergen. All soya allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.