Ghirardelli Recalls 13 Beverage Mixes Over Salmonella Risk

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, based in San Leandro, California, voluntarily recalled 13 powdered beverage mixes on Tuesday, including popular hot cocoa and frappe varieties, due to potential Salmonella contamination from a supplier's milk powder.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published the company's recall notice, which targets large-format products primarily sold to food service and institutional customers such as cafes, restaurants, and catering operations. Some mixes may also have reached consumers through online sales channels. Affected items include the 42-pound Premium Hot Cocoa Pouch Bulk, 63.12-pound White Chocolate Flavored Sweet Ground Powder, and others such as Chocolate Flavored Frappe, Classic White Frappe, Vanilla Frappe, White Mocha Frappe, Mocha Frappe, and Frozen Hot Cocoa Frappe mixes. Best-before dates on the products range from February 2027 through January 2028.

The recall stems from a separate action by California Dairies, Inc., which identified a potential Salmonella risk in milk powder supplied to a third-party manufacturer. That powder was incorporated into Ghirardelli's beverage mixes. Company testing has not confirmed contamination in the...