Dalston’s pineapple soda recalled over can breakage injury risk
Dalston’s Pineapple Soda cans with batch codes 037130 and 037129 were recalled after a packaging defect left some cans at risk of sharp-edged breakage.
Dalston Soda Company has recalled Dalston’s Pineapple Soda after officials warned that some cans may unexpectedly break apart and leave sharp edges that could injure consumers. The company told customers not to open or drink the product and to put it in household waste rather than return it to stores, a move meant to reduce unnecessary handling of cans that may already be compromised.
The affected products are Dalston’s Pineapple Soda single 330ml cans with batch code 037130 and 4x330ml multipacks with batch code 037129, both carrying a best-before date of 4 August 2027. The Food Standards Agency has classified the incident as a Food Alert for Action for England and Scotland, and point-of-sale notices were due to be displayed in retail stores selling the drink so shoppers could spot the recall at shelf level.
Dalston Soda Company said the problem was caused by a packaging defect and stressed that no other Dalston’s products or batch codes were affected. Refunds are available without a receipt, with customers instructed to contact recall@dalstons.com or refund@dalstons.com. That mix of batch-specific identification, in-store notices and email refunds is the practical test of a recall’s speed and visibility: consumers have to recognize the can, trust the warning and act before opening it.
The brand is sold in supermarkets including Waitrose and Asda, and its story began in east London, where chefs created the company in the former Passing Clouds nightclub in Dalston. For a product marketed as a premium fizzy drink, the recall is a reminder that packaging failures can become immediate safety failures, especially when pressure inside a can turns a manufacturing flaw into a laceration risk.
The episode fits a wider pattern of carbonated drinks and bottles being pulled from sale over rupture or explosion hazards. Recent examples included Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone cider bottles in 2023 and Brew York’s Juice Forsyth IPA cans in 2024, cases that underscored how quality-control oversight can fail at the point where packaging is supposed to be the last line of defense.
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