Spring & Mulberry expanded its recall of select chocolate bars on Friday to include all 12 of its product lines after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said a single lot of date ingredient used in the company’s chocolate was the most likely source of contamination. The North Carolina company said it is pulling every finished product made with the implicated dates.
The latest expansion adds Blood Orange, Coffee, Pure Dark and Sea Salt to a list that had already grown in January, when eight products were affected. Earlier rounds covered Mint Leaf, Earl Grey, Lavender Rose, Mango Chili, Mixed Berry, Mulberry Fennel, Pecan Date and Pure Dark Minis, and the company said the impacted bars were sold online and through select retail partners nationwide since August 2025.
The recall is tied to possible salmonella contamination, but all products now included in the expanded Salmonella Recall have tested negative for Salmonella and no illnesses have been reported. The FDA said its investigation identified a batch of dates as the likely source, and Spring & Mulberry said affected lot numbers are printed on both the box and inner wrapper, including 025217, 025289, 025325, 025226, 025274, 025344, 025346, 025204, 025205, 025212, 025216, 026037, 026040, 025245, 025322, 025328, 025225, 025272, 025342, 025364, 025220, 025223, 025247, 025248, 025251, 025253, 025288, 025296, 025335, 026008, 025230, 025287, 025233, 025237, 025238, 025239, 025240, 025241, 025290, 025294, 025329, 025330, 025217, 025218, 025219, 025254, 025266, 025269, 025324, 025338, 025350, 025302, 025303, 026009, 026013 and 026014.
The broadest version of the recall now covers every bar the company sells, a sign that the investigation has moved beyond a few isolated products and into the ingredient supply itself. For shoppers, that means the label and lot number matter more than the flavor name: even bars that tested negative are being withdrawn if they were made with the tainted batch of dates. The FDA’s conclusion narrows the source, but it also leaves one practical issue for customers — checking whether any bar bought since August 2025 carries one of the affected lot numbers and should be returned or discarded.
