Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-84-2025

Tesco recalls Tesco Free From 4 Christmas Chocolate Flavoured Cupcakes because they may contain 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

Tesco Free From 4 Christmas Chocolate Flavoured Cupcakes

Pack size: 220g
Best before
All dates up to and including 17 January 2026

The latest affected best-before date was 17 January 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 FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, do not consume them. Instead, return it to any Tesco store for a full refund. No receipt is required. For more information contact Tesco Customer Services at tesco.com/help/contact
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

The product may contain milk making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.

Details from the notice

Tesco is recalling Tesco Free From 4 Christmas Chocolate Flavoured Cupcakes because they may contain 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

Tesco is recalling the above product from customers and has been advised to contact 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.

Where it was sold

How this recall compares

  • This was the 8th recall involving Tesco in the 12 months to 22 December 2025. All Tesco 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.