Spring and Mulberry expands chocolate recall nationwide over Salmonella fears

Shoppers who bought Spring & Mulberry chocolate bars online or through select retail partners nationwide should not eat them. The Raleigh, North Carolina, company expanded its voluntary recall to cover all 12 of its product lines after a root-cause investigation tied a single lot of date ingredient to possible Salmonella contamination.

The recalled lineup now includes Blood Orange, Coffee, Earl Grey, Lavender Rose, Mango Chili, Mint Leaf, Mixed Berry, Mulberry Fennel, Pecan Date, Pure Dark, Pure Dark Mini and Sea Salt. The company said the affected chocolates were sold nationwide beginning in August 2025, and federal regulators said the products were available for purchase nationwide since September 15, 2025.

Spring & Mulberry said the implicated ingredient was identified through work with its manufacturing partners, food safety experts and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company said all products in the expanded recall tested negative for Salmonella, but it is recalling finished products made with the implicated lot as a precaution. No confirmed illnesses or adverse health effects had been reported in connection with the recall.

Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections. Symptoms can include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, and the risk is highest for young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems. In rare cases, the infection can spread into the bloodstream and become severe.

Customers who have the chocolate at home should not eat it. Spring & Mulberry is telling consumers to photograph the packaging showing the batch code, email it to recalls@springandmulberry.com and discard the product to receive a refund. The company says customer service is available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern.

The recall marks a second broadening for the date-sweetened chocolate maker, which had already expanded an earlier action that began with Mint Leaf and then grew to include additional flavors and lot codes on January 14, 2026. What started with one flavor now reaches the company’s entire product lineup, a reminder that food-safety failures can move from a single ingredient to an entire shelf of products in a matter of weeks.