Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-10-2023

My Sweet Chickpea recalls various Dark Chocolate My Sweet Chickpea products 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

My Sweet Chickpea Coconut & Dark Chocolate

Pack size: 100g
Batch code
26032023 25112021 01022022 16052022
Best before
26 Mar 2023 22 May 2023 27 Jul 2023 30 Nov 2023

My Sweet Chickpea Cappuccino & Dark Chocolate

Pack size: 100g
Batch code
26032023 24112021 27012022 09052022
Best before
26 Mar 2023 22 May 2023 27 Jul 2023 30 Nov 2023

My Sweet Chickpea Tiramisu & Dark Chocolate

Pack size: 100g
Batch code
26032023 25112021
Best before
26 Mar 2023 22 May 2023

My Sweet Chickpea Dark Chocolate & Strawberry Cheesecake

Pack size: 100g
Batch code
26032023 16122021 07022022
Best before
26 Mar 2023 22 May 2023 27 Jul 2023

My Sweet Chickpea Peanut Butter & Dark Chocolate

Pack size: 100g
Batch code
11032022
Best before
27 Jul 2023

My Sweet Chickpea Cinnamon & Dark Chocolate

Pack size: 100g
Batch code
26032023 17122021
Best before
26 Mar 2023 22 May 2023

My Sweet Chickpea Dark Chocolate & Banana Cheesecake

Pack size: 100g
Batch code
26032023
Best before
26 Mar 2023

My Sweet Chickpea Dark Chocolate

Pack size: 100g
Batch code
26032023
Best before
26 Mar 2023

The latest affected best-before date was 30 November 2023, 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 FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above products and have allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, do not eat them. Instead, return them to the store where they were bought from or e-mail your order information to [email protected] for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Milk

These products contain milk making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.

Details from the notice

My Sweet Chickpea is recalling various Dark Chocolate My Sweet Chickpea products because they contain milk which is not mentioned on the labels. This means the products are 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

My Sweet Chickpea is recalling the above products 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, which explains to customers why the products are being recalled and tells them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notice.

How this recall compares

  • 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.