Tesco recalls various dessert products because of undeclared walnuts (nuts)
Act if you are allergic to nuts and walnut
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to nuts and walnut. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
Check your pack
Tesco Free From Strawberry Cheesecake
Pack size: 2 x 100g- Best before
- All date codes
Wicked Kitchen Millionaires Sundae
Pack size: 110g- Best before
- All date codes
Wicked Kitchen Strawberry and Vanilla Cheesecake
Pack size: 100g- Best before
- All date codes
Wicked Kitchen Chocolate and Vanilla Cheesecake
Pack size: 100g- 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:
- If you have bought the above products and have an allergy to walnuts (nuts), do not eat them. Instead return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Walnuts (nuts)
These products contain walnuts (nuts) making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to walnuts (nuts).
Details from the notice
Tesco is recalling various dessert products because they contain traces of walnuts (nuts), which are not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to walnuts (nuts).
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 products from customers. The company has also issued a recall notice to its customers. These notices explain 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.
Where it was sold
How this recall compares
- This was the 11th recall involving Tesco in the 12 months to 2 September 2022. All Tesco recalls
- Undeclared nuts is behind 111 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 4th most common allergen. All nuts allergy alerts
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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