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Lately, it seems snack enjoyers have gotten bitten back by their favorite brands.
The Food and Drug Administration’s hands have been full in the last few months, monitoring mistaken labels and ingredients accidentally issued by popular food brands.
Most recently, the FDA warned about High Noon vodka seltzers being labeled as Celsius energy drinks due to a supplier shipping the wrong packaging.
“Some of these packs contain cans that are filled with High Noon vodka seltzer alcohol and are mislabeled as CELSIUS® ASTRO VIBE™ Energy Drink, Sparkling Blue Razz Edition with a silver top,” the organization said in a July 30 press release. “Consumption of the liquid in these cans will result in unintentional alcohol ingestion.”
And while the eyebrow-raising mistake made its rounds on social media, with some joking they were looking for their “Wonka ticket” alcoholic Celsius, it’s not the only serious labeling mistake to pop up in recent month.
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Earlier this month, Ritz Crackers maker Mondelez Global LLC issued its own warning along with the FDA after mislabeling packages of their individually wrapped peanut butter crackers as cheese crackers.
The company assured at the time there had been “no reports of injury or illness reported,” when confirming the July 8 recall but, considering 2 percent of the Western population suffers from severe peanut allergies, per the National Library of Medicine, there were “issuing this recall as a precaution.”
Of course, food recalls are nothing new. In 2023, Starbucks lovers were forewarned of possible glass fragments in over 25,000 cases—over 300,000 bottles—of the PepsiCo brand’s bottled Frappuccino beverages, and subsequently removed them from grocery stores.
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And recalls are even more common when it comes to produce and other perishables. Back in 2016, the FDA recalled dozens of frozen vegetable brands after a possible listeria bacteria contamination, affecting packages sent to grocery stores across the United States including Kroger, Publix, Hy-Vee, Trader Joe’s, Target and Walmart.
Keep reading for more foods that caused a frenzy over the years…
But First, Maybe Not Coffee
New Mexico Piñon Coffee became among brands to issue a serious recall of its products in July 2025 when officials recalled its dark roast 10-pack K-cup pods, citing that ink on the packaging could leak onto the brewed coffee. However, the company noted no other product had been affected from the mishap.
“Customers that have purchased these products,” the brand wrote in a press release at the time, “are asked to either throw away or return the product.”
Energy or Alcohol?
In July 2025, the FDA recalled “two production lots” worth of Celsius’ ASTRO VIBE™ Energy Drink, Sparkling Blue Razz Edition, noting they were actually the hard seltzers High Noon that were mislabeled as the non-alcoholic drink.
The company added in its statement, “the recall was initiated after High Noon discovered that a shared packaging supplier mistakenly shipped empty CELSIUS cans to High Noon.”
The Case of the Mislabeled Ritz
Ritz Crackers quickly recalled a mislabeled package of peanut butter crackers in July 2025, with the FDA warning that it could be life-threatening for some individuals who purchased their 8-pack, 20-pack and 40-pack cartons of RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches, well as the 20-pack RITZ Filled Cracker Sandwich Variety Pack carton.
“People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts may risk serious or life-threatening allergic reactions by consuming this product,” the FDA statement read at the time. “All outer cartons affected are labeled correctly and provide an allergen advisory statement indicating that the product ‘contains peanuts.’”
Be Careful, Starbucks Lovers
Starbucks’ signature Frappuccino bottles were pulled from grocery store shelves back in 2023 after the company warned that around 25,000 cases, or 300,000 individual bottles, may have included traces of broken glass. The recall included Vanilla-flavored bottles that were marked with expiration dates from March to June 2023.
At the time, a Starbucks representative told NPR, “The removal of these products from the marketplace is currently underway.”
Not-So-Lucky Charms
Back in 2022, General Mills dived into the mystery of why over 3,000 Lucky Charms customers reported they experienced minor-to-serious gastrointestinal issues after ingesting the cereal.
“Food safety is our top priority,” the brand wrote on social media at the time. “We take your concerns very seriously.”
However, the brand noted it must have been a lousy leprechaun trick.
“Through our continuing internal investigations,” their statement continued, “we have not found any evidence of consumer illness linked to the consumption of Lucky Charms.”
Keep Those Buns Out of The Oven
Bimbo Bakeries, the owner of Sara Lee and Nature’s Harvest breads, recalled a slew of their products in 2015 after a lightbulb shattered in their factory, which affected around 48,000 packaged products, the company said in a statement at the time.
The recall was made after one consumer found bits of glass particles on the outside of their bread package, the company said in a statement at the time, and it affected bread sent to 11 states including Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina.
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