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SkinnyDipped Recall Turns Allergy Risk Into Lot Codes

Bazzini's SkinnyDipped recall is an allergy story with package details, not a generic snack warning, because FDA says certain lots of SkinnyDipped Dark Chocolate Coconut Almond Bites were recalled after they may contain undeclared peanuts. [1]

The affected list spans several package formats, including individually wrapped bites, and FDA's notice gives UPCs, best-by dates from December 20 through December 29, 2026, lot codes including B15356, B15357, B15360, B25361, and B35360, and the fact that no allergic reactions had been reported. [1]

For people with peanut allergy, the useful unit is not brand reputation but package, date, and code, especially when the risk comes from individually wrapped bites mixed into broader formats where a shopper may not remember the outer carton as clearly as the snack itself.

The internet will turn this into a label-failure parable, but the kitchen task is more exacting: find the product, match the best-by date, match the lot code, and do not eat a recalled package if peanut exposure is dangerous in the household.

That is also why "no reactions reported" should not soften the task, because allergen recalls are preventive work, the absence of a reported reaction means the notice can still do its job before an exposure occurs, and for a peanut-allergic child the lot code is not bureaucracy but the safety line.

-- NORA WHITFIELD, Chicago

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[1] https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/bazzini-voluntarily-recalls-certain-lots-skinnydippedr-dark-chocolate-coconut-almond-bites-due

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