Spring & Mulberry has expanded a voluntary recall that started back in January 2026 with Mint Leaf. The new round pulls in every flavor (12 lines) of chocolate bar the brand sells.
The reason is Salmonella. A root cause investigation run by the company’s manufacturing partners, the FDA, and outside food safety experts pointed to one ingredient, a single lot of dates the brand uses to sweeten its bars, which sell for around $10 apiece.
So far, none of the recalled bars have tested positive, and no illnesses have been reported either.
The bars on the recall list
Bars in the recall have been sold online and through select retailers since August 2025. Lot codes are printed on the back of the box and on the inner flow wrap.
The affected lot codes are as follows:
- Blood Orange: 025217, 025289, 025325 (orange box)
- Coffee: 025226, 025274, 025344 (light brown box)
- Earl Grey: 025346 (purple box)
- Lavender Rose: 025204, 025205, 025212, 025216, 026037, 026040 (light blue box)
- Mango Chili: 025245, 025322, 025328 (orange box)
- Mint Leaf: 025225, 025272, 025342, 025364 (green box)
- Mixed Berry: 025220, 025223, 025247, 025248, 025251, 025253, 025288, 025296, 025335, 026008 (purple box)
- Mulberry Fennel: 025230, 025287 (burgundy box)
- Pecan Date: 025233, 025237, 025238, 025239, 025240, 025241, 025290, 025294, 025329, 025330 (yellow box)
- Pure Dark: 025217, 025218, 025219, 025254, 025266, 025269, 025324, 025338, 025350 (navy blue box)
- Pure Dark Mini: 025302, 025303, 026009 (navy blue box)
- Sea Salt: 026013, 026014 (grey box)
Consumers are advised not to eat any of the recalled bars. Spring & Mulberry and the FDA recommend that anyone who has purchased them should take a photo of the wrapper showing the lot code and email it to recalls@springandmulberry.com for a refund. The product should then be discarded. Customer service is available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
Why dates are a recurring source of recalls
Dates carry more Salmonella risk than commonly assumed. They’re grown outdoors in hot climates, are mostly picked by hand, and typically dried in the open air. Their sticky texture also makes them hard to clean without wrecking them.
Contamination can enter through irrigation water, birds, insects, dust in the orchards, or poor worker hygiene. It can also occur during pitting or grinding. Once dates get processed into a paste or syrup, contamination from a single bad lot can spread through the entire production run.
Salmonella is also remarkably resilient. It survives well in low-moisture foods such as chocolate, peanut butter, nuts, and dried fruit, without actually growing there, which is why recalls in these categories tend to be broad and sweeping.
Another chocolate recall is going on at the same time
Spring & Mulberry’s expansion is landing while a separate chocolate-adjacent recall remains active. In late April, Ghirardelli voluntarily pulled dozens of powdered beverage products after California Dairies Inc. recalled dry milk powder due to potential Salmonella contamination.
That same milk powder recall also affected certain UTZ potato chips and snack mixes from Fisher, Good & Gather, and Southern Style Nuts. Anyone with affected Ghirardelli products can call 844-776-0419.
Additional recalls tied to the same contaminated dry milk lot are likely. Food safety researchers note that dried milk powder shows up in a lot of chocolate products. Manufacturers often identify it after that fact and issue recalls once the upstream contamination is confirmed.
For most healthy adults, Salmonella infection typically causes a rough few days of illness, including fever, stomach cramps, and diarrhea that can be bloody.
However, the bigger danger lies with young kids, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems. In such cases, the illness can turn serious and, in some cases, prove fatal.
Sources: FDA, Spring & Mulberry, FDA (Spring & Mulberry Mint Leaf Recall), KTLA 5, FDA (Ghirardelli Powdered Milk Recall)