Ultralife recalls various Detox Drinks and Food Supplements due to undeclared allergens
Act if you are allergic to milk, gluten, wheat, nuts, soya and egg
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to milk, gluten, wheat, nuts, soya and egg, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
Check your pack
Ultralife Detox Total Cleansing & Detoxifying Drink, (all flavours affected)
Pack size: All pack sizes- Batch code
- All batches
- Best before
- All dates
Ultralife Performance Protein, (all flavours affected)
Pack size: All pack sizes- Batch code
- All batches
- Best before
- All dates
Ultralife Performance Lean Gain, (all flavours affected)
Pack size: All pack sizes- Batch code
- All batches
- Best before
- All dates
Ultralife Slim Shake, (all flavours affected)
Pack size: All pack sizes- Batch code
- All batches
- Best before
- All dates
Ultralife Fitnesshake Healthy Meal Replacement, (all flavours affected)
Pack size: All pack sizes- Batch code
- All batches
- Best before
- All dates
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 any of the above products and have an allergy or intolerance to the following then do not eat them: wheat or gluten and/or an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents and/or an allergy or intolerance to eggs and/or an allergy to nuts and/or an allergy to soya. Instead return the product(s) to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Wheat (gluten), Milk, Eggs, Nuts, Soya
The products listed contain wheat (gluten), milk, eggs, nuts and soya making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to:
wheat or gluten and/or
an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents and/or
an allergy or intolerance to eggs and/or
an allergy to nuts and/or
an allergy to soya.
The product list provides details of the undeclared allergen(s) in each affected product.
Details from the notice
Ultralife is recalling five varieties of their food supplement products because they contain Wheat (gluten), Milk, Nuts, Eggs and Soya that are not declared on the label. Different products contain different allergens.
A list of affected products, the undeclared allergen(s) and the possible health risk is included below.
An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.
What the business is doing
Ultralife is recalling the above products from customers and has been advised to contact the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the recall. Point- of-sale notices will be displayed on all websites and in all stores that are selling these products. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product.
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.
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