Danone Recalls Frozen Dessert Pints Nationwide Over Stones, Hard Objects

The frozen dessert is sold at retail stores across the country, marketed as a plant-based, non-dairy alternative under the So Delicious brand.

Rudy Blalock

Published: 12/15/2025, 10:49:00 PM EST

Danone Recalls Frozen Dessert Pints Nationwide Over Stones, Hard Objects — Recalled So Delicious Dairy Free Salted Caramel Cluster frozen dessert pints. (FDA)

Danone U.S. has voluntarily recalled its So Delicious Dairy Free Salted Caramel Cluster frozen dessert pints sold nationwide after some containers were found with foreign objects inside.

The company announced the recall Monday, saying it was acting “out of an abundance of caution” to protect consumers. The problem was traced to cashew inclusions used in the non-dairy dessert, which may have carried foreign materials such as small stones or other hard objects, the company said in a notice published by the Food and Drug Administration.

Only the Salted Caramel Cluster flavor in pint-size containers with best-by dates before Aug. 8, 2027, are affected by the recall. No other So Delicious Dairy Free products, flavors, or production codes are impacted, the company said.

Danone did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NTD News regarding how the production issue occurred.

Each recalled pint bears the SKU number 136603 and UPC 744473476138. The frozen dessert is sold at retail stores across the country, marketed as a plant-based, non-dairy alternative under the So Delicious brand.

Danone U.S., which is based in White Plains, New York, and Louisville, Colorado, said it began working with retailers to remove the product from store shelves as soon as the potential contamination was discovered. “So Delicious Dairy Free is working swiftly with retail partners to remove the potentially impacted product from shelves,” the company said in a statement.

The company said the issue has already been identified and corrected in production, and that the fan-favorite dessert will soon return to stores once safety is confirmed. “So Delicious Dairy Free takes every consumer experience seriously and is initiating this voluntary recall in line with its commitment to product quality and consumer safety,” the statement reads.

Consumers who purchased the affected product are urged not to eat it and to contact the company for a refund. Shoppers can reach the So Delicious Dairy Free Care Line at 1-833-367-8975 during weekday business hours, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. Questions can also be submitted through a webform available at sodeliciousdairyfree.com/contact-us.

Packaging for the Salted Caramel Cluster frozen dessert changed earlier this year, in February, but the UPC number remained the same.

Earlier in December, the FDA urged consumers to check their refrigerators after Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc. recalled shredded cheese distributed under multiple brand names across 31 states due to contamination with metal fragments.

According to an FDA notice published Dec. 1, that recall was designated as a Class II event, meaning consumption of affected cheese could cause temporary or medically reversible health effects.

The cheese recall involved more than 263,000 cases of shredded cheese, distributed under dozens of store and private labels including Walmart’s Great Value, Target’s Good & Gather, Aldi’s Happy Farms, and H-E-B. The FDA said the issue stemmed from “potential metal fragments from supplier raw material (downstream recall).” The products carried expiration dates into March 2026.

Foreign object contamination, whether stones or metal pieces, poses serious safety risks, the FDA notes. Even small fragments can injure the mouth, throat, or digestive tract, and larger objects have the potential to cause more severe internal damage, according to the agency’s published safety guidance.