Popular Ice Cream Sold Nationwide Recalled Due to Allergen Threat

An FDA report says some 6,668 cases of Breyers Chocolate Truffle 1.5-quart cartons contained Rocky Road ice cream and were packaged with a Rocky Road lid.

Juliette Fairley

Published: 6/16/2025, 1:43:22 PM EDT

Popular Ice Cream Sold Nationwide Recalled Due to Allergen Threat — Several containers of Breyer's ice cream products in the freezer section of a grocery store in Los Angeles on April 5, 2019. (Shutterstock)

A recall involving two popular Breyer’s ice cream flavors intensified when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an enforcement report.

The initial June 2 recall was voluntary and on June 10, the FDA slapped a Class II risk level threat on the company’s Rocky Road ice cream, which was mispackaged in Chocolate Truffle tubs, according to an enforcement report.

“The gap reflects the time needed for the FDA to review company data, assess risk, and assign a classification,” Northeastern University professor, food safety expert, and Alliance for Recall Ready Communities adviser Darin Detwiler told NTD.

Some 6,668 cases of Breyers Chocolate Truffle 1.5-quart cartons that contained Rocky Road ice cream and were packaged with a Rocky Road lid were impacted.

The lot number is JUL1026GB3 with UPC code 077567457288.

No specific states are noted in the recall except distribution centers and retail locations nationwide.

The FDA website shows that the reason for the recall is undeclared allergens and mislabeled product.

“Rocky Road Ice was packaged with Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream labeled tub and a Rocky Road Ice Cream lid,” the enforcement report states. “Tub said ‘may contain tree nuts’ the lid said it did contain almonds.”

There are nine major food allergens that the FDA requires all companies to identify in their products. They include milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, and sesame.

The company did not respond to requests for comment.

“In my experience, such recalls are triggered by supplier notifications or even routine product testing,” Detwiler said. “The most common situations are consumer reports of allergic reactions or noticing undeclared allergens on the ingredient list.”

The FDA website describes a Class 2 event as the use of or exposure to a violative product but where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

“Once a recall is initiated, the company works with the FDA to classify the recall based on the level of public health risk,” Detwiler added.

Breyers is among the ice cream companies owned by Unilever Manufacturing, headquartered in Missouri, that are expected to be spun off by the end of the year. Other brands owned by Unilever include Ben & Jerry's and Magnum.

"(Ice cream) has been quite a volatile business and has also been dilutive from a margin standpoint, so we think strategically this makes sense,” Richard Saldanha, portfolio manager at Aviva, which is Unilever's 17th biggest shareholder with a 0.5 percent stake, told Reuters last year.