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Class I · Recall · initiated April 26, 2026 · Ongoing

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Ghirardelli recalls ten frappe, hot cocoa and sweet ground mixes for possible Salmonella

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company recalled ten foodservice-size frappe, hot cocoa and sweet ground powder mixes, most listing nonfat dry milk as an ingredient, across 27 states and six countries for potential Salmonella contamination.

The record

Firm
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, San Leandro, CA
Products (10)
GHIRARDELLI PERFECTLY PREMIUM FRAPPE MIX FROZEN HOT COCOA NET WT 50oz (3lbs 2oz) 1.42kg Ingredients: *** nonfat dry milk *** Distributed by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, San Leandro, CA 94578, U.S.A. UPC: 747599662133GHIRARDELLI PERFECTLY PREMIUM FRAPPE MIX MOCHA NET WT 50oz (3lbs 2oz) 1.42kg Ingredients: *** nonfat dry milk *** Distributed by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, San Leandro, CA 94578, U.S.A. UPC: 747599662119GHIRARDELLI PERFECTLY PREMIUM FRAPPE MIX WHITE MOCHA NET WT 50oz (3lbs 2oz) 1.42kg Ingredients: *** nonfat dry milk *** Distributed by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, San Leandro, CA 94578, U.S.A. UPC: 747599662096GHIRARDELLI PERFECTLY PREMIUM FRAPPE MIX CHOCOLATE FLAVORED NET WT 10lbs (4.54kg) Ingredients: *** nonfat dry milk *** GHIRARDELLI PERFECTLY PREMIUM FRAPPE MIX CHOCOLATE FLAVORED NET WT 30LB (13.61kg) Ingredients: *** nonfat dry milk *** Distributed by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, San Leandro, CGHIRARDELLI PERFECTLY PREMIUM FRAPPE MIX CHOCOLATE FLAVORED NET WT 50oz (3lbs 2oz) 1.42kg Ingredients: *** nonfat dry milk *** Distributed by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, San Leandro, CA 94578, U.S.A. UPC: 747599662003GHIRARDELLI PERFECTLY PREMIUM FRAPPE MIX VANILLA NET WT 48oz (3lbs) 1.36kg Ingredients: *** nonfat dry milk *** Distributed by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, San Leandro, CA 94578, U.S.A. UPC: 747599621055and 4 more
Reason, as filed
“Potential contamination with Salmonella.”
Classification
Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
Recall numbers
H-0838-2026, H-0839-2026, H-0840-2026, H-0841-2026, H-0842-2026, H-0843-2026, H-0844-2026, H-0845-2026, H-0846-2026, H-0847-2026
Initiated
April 26, 2026
Posted by FDA
May 27, 2026
Status
Ongoing · Voluntary: Firm initiated
Quantity
3102 cases (6-50oz units/case); 18,612 units
Distribution
U.S. Distribution Pattern: AK, AZ, CA, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MD, ME, MN, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI. Foreign Distribution Pattern: Canada, Guatemala, Japan, Philippines, United Kingdom, South Korea.

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Why it happened, in plain English

The filed reason is “Potential contamination with Salmonella.” The record does not say what tested positive or where the concern came from. What it does show is that eight of the ten product descriptions single out one ingredient, nonfat dry milk, and that these are 48 oz to 30 lb foodservice packs, the kind that sit open behind a coffee bar for weeks.

In general terms, a cocoa or frappe mix is a dry blend of sugar, cocoa, milk powder and flavors with no kill step after mixing. If any dry ingredient arrives contaminated, the blend is contaminated, and Salmonella survives in low-moisture powders for months. The control that matters is supplier verification for every dry dairy input, and the ability to trace one ingredient lot into every SKU it went into. Ten SKUs and 3,102 cases went out under this recall, to 27 states and to Canada, Guatemala, Japan, the Philippines, the UK and South Korea.

Who else should care

Coffee shops, cafes and foodservice distributors that stock these mixes should check their shelves; the recall is still listed as ongoing. Beyond that, any blender of dry beverage mixes, hot cocoa, protein shakes, chai and coffee-house powders that buys milk powder as an ingredient.

Check: whether you can list every SKU that used a given lot of milk powder, and whether that list matches what actually shipped, including export orders.

Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.