Spring & Mulberry is expanding its voluntary recall of select chocolate bars to cover all 12 of its product lines over possible salmonella contamination, the company announced May 8.
A root cause investigation conducted with food safety experts and the FDA pointed to one specific lot of a date ingredient as the probable origin of the contamination, according to the company. Spring & Mulberry uses dates as its primary sweetener. All finished products made with the implicated date lot are now included in the recall.
Testing has returned negative results for salmonella across every product now subject to the recall, and the company says no one has reported becoming ill after consuming them. The announcement also follows a separate recall by the company's ingredient supplier.
The affected products were sold online and through select retail partners nationwide since August 2025, the company said. The 12 recalled flavors are Blood Orange, Coffee, Earl Grey, Lavender Rose, Mango Chili, Mint Leaf, Mixed Berry, Mulberry Fennel, Pecan Date, Pure Dark, Pure Dark Mini, and Sea Salt. Lot codes are printed on the back of the packaging and on the inner flow wrap.
This is the second expansion of a recall that began in January. According to Fox Business, the original recall focused on Mint Leaf before being widened to include eight flavors. The latest action adds Blood Orange, Coffee, Pure Dark, and Sea Salt to the list.
Among those at greatest risk from salmonella — including young children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals — infections can turn severe or even fatal. For people who are otherwise healthy, common symptoms include gastrointestinal distress, fever, and nausea.
The Spring & Mulberry recall is one of several recent salmonella-related food actions. Earlier recalls linked to contaminated dry milk powder from California Dairies, Inc. affected products from John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Utz Quality Foods, and Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, among others. In each of those cases, pre-use testing of the implicated ingredient returned negative results and no illnesses had been reported at the time the recall notices were issued.
Anyone holding recalled Spring & Mulberry products is advised to set them aside uneaten. A full refund is available by sending an email with a photo of the batch code on the packaging to [email protected], after which the product can be thrown away. Customer service is available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time.