Class I · Recall · initiated March 10, 2026 · Terminated
Nuts.com recalls Espresso Malted Milk Balls for undeclared wheat and soy lecithin
Nuts.com recalled 10,190 lbs of Espresso Malted Milk Balls, sold nationwide in 1 lb pouches and 20 lb bags, because the ingredient statement and allergen information left out wheat and soy from soy lecithin.
The record
- Firm
- Nuts.com Inc., Cranford, NJ
- Product
- Nuts.com, Espresso Malted Milk Balls, 1 lb. sealed pouch & 20 lb. clear poly bag in Nuts.com cardboard box . Packages are only sold individually .
- Reason, as filed
- “Undeclared Allergen - Wheat and Soy (from Soy Lecithin). The ingredient statement and allergen information do not include wheat or soy.”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall number
- H-0632-2026
- Initiated
- March 10, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- April 1, 2026
- Status
- Terminated · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 10,190 lbs
- Distribution
- The recalled product was distributed throughout the US.
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Why it happened, in plain English
The filed reason: “The ingredient statement and allergen information do not include wheat or soy.” The record does not say whether the product changed or the label did. A malted milk ball is a malt center coated in chocolate; malt is made from grain, and chocolate coatings commonly use soy lecithin. Neither ingredient is a surprise in this product. What is a surprise is a label that lists neither.
In general terms, this is the pattern of a retailer that buys finished confectionery in bulk and writes its own labels. The 20 lb poly bag is a bulk format; the 1 lb pouch is the retail one, and both carried the Nuts.com name. The control that matters is whether the label copy was built from the supplier’s current spec sheet, and whether anyone checks that spec each time a lot arrives. Distribution was nationwide, and the record lists the recall as terminated.
Who else should care
Online bulk-food retailers, candy shops and snack subscription businesses that repackage confectionery under their own name. If your label text comes from a database entry someone typed in years ago, it may not match what the supplier ships today, and nobody will notice until a customer reacts.
Check: whether the allergen line on each product you relabel is compared against the supplier’s current ingredient statement at every new lot, not only at product setup.
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.