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Gulf Today
17-07-2025
- Business
- Gulf Today
Urgent ‘do not eat' warning issued as viral Dubai-style chocolate bar recalled in UK
A viral chocolate bar inspired by the 'Dubai chocolate' trend has been urgently recalled over a health risk it poses to customers. The Noesis Schokolade Love of Dubai bar should not be bought or eaten, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said, especially by those with a peanut allergy. Although it is not marked on the list of ingredients, the chocolate bar contains peanuts, the FSA explains. This means it poses a 'serious risk' to those with allergies to the nut. The agency adds that it has been unable to contact the manufacturer of the products, Black Sea Trading Ltd, and so is calling on distributors to pull the Noesis bar from shelves. Advice from the FSA reads: 'Don't buy this product, and if you have bought it, don't eat it, especially if you have a peanut allergy. 'Dispose of the product at home and get in touch with your local Trading Standards in Great Britain or Environmental Health Officers in Northern Ireland, to let them know where you purchased it.' The 'Love of Dubai' chocolate bar is inspired by a viral food trend that arose in 2024 and has continued. It centres around chocolate bars with a creamy pistachio filling, first created by a chocolatier in Dubai. Receiving millions of views on social media platform TikTok, the popularity of the bar has grown so intense that the price of pistachio kernels globally has been pushed up. Experts say that, in the year to April, prices rose from $7.65 to $10.30 a pound. Last week, the FSA issued a related warning over the proliferation of imported Dubai chocolate bars for sale in the UK. The agency said that some of these products were likely to not include a full ingredients list or allergen labelling, due to not being originally intended for sale in the UK. The bars could also contain additives and colours not allowed on the UK market, it added. Experts from the watchdog are currently surveying and sampling the products to determine the scale of the issue, and working with allergy charities to raise awareness. Professor Robin May, chief scientific adviser to the FSA, said that the 'vast majority of food in the UK is safe, but some imported Dubai-style chocolate products don't meet our standards and could be a food safety risk, especially for consumers with allergies.' 'If you are looking to buy Dubai-style chocolate, we advise sticking with trusted retailers, like the ones you'd use for your weekly shop, as products are more likely to be made for UK consumers and so are safe to eat. 'UK law requires food labels to highlight any of 14 allergens present in the product, but some imported products may not do this. You can find more information on
Metro
16-07-2025
- Business
- Metro
Urgent recall of Dubai chocolate that doesn't declare it contains peanuts
A popular chocolate bar has been recalled because of a potentially deadly undeclared allergen. Customers who bought Neosis Schokolade Love of Dubai chocolate are being urged to return the product for a refund, and businesses have been told to pull it from their shelves. The Food Standards Agency issued an alert reading: 'This product contains peanut, which is not mentioned on the label, making it a possible health risk to anyone with an allergy to peanuts. 'Don't buy this product, and if you have bought it, don't eat it, especially if you have a peanut allergy. 'Dispose of the product at home and get in touch with your local Trading Standards in Great Britain or Environmental Health Officers in Northern Ireland to let them know where you purchased it,' they added. Businesses were supplied the chocolate by a company called Black Sea Trading Ltd, which the FSA said has been 'uncontactable'. Dubai chocolate, which is filled with crispy knafeh, pistachio cream and tahini spread, was launched in 2021 by Dubai-based firm, Fix Dessert Chocolatier. The dessert has become so popular in recent months that it was blamed for a worldwide pistachio shortage. Buyers eager to get their hands on the bars also flocked to supermarket stockists across the world, with at least one retailer having to set a limit on how many you could buy at a time. Giles Hacking, of nut trading firm CG Hacking, told the Financial Times the pistachio industry had become 'tapped out' due to chocolatiers making mass purchases of the kernels. Iran, which is the world's second-largest pistachio producer, exported 40% more pistachios to the UAE from September 2024 to March 2025 than it did over the full 12 months before that, the MailOnline reports. Earlier this month, a popular children's ice lolly was pulled from UK supermarkets due to a labelling error. Wall's Mini Milks have been pulled from shelves in UK supermarkets, with shoppers warned not to eat the vanilla, strawberry and chocolate packs. Allergens were incorrectly labelled in Spanish rather than English, risking anyone allergic to milk, pistachios, peanuts and soya. More Trending Hundreds of blueberry boxes were also recalled over a 'severe' listeria warning this month. Alma Pak International LLC voluntarily recalled 400 boxes, weighing 300 pounds each, of its organic blueberries on June 19 Food safety officials say the bacteria were discovered during 'routine testing' of the finished product. The recall is Class 1, the most serious category, indicating that exposure to the product will likely cause health consequences or even death. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: 'Phenomenal' US fast food chain brings back axed range after fans begged for return MORE: Urgent recall for mushrooms over fears they're tainted with deadly bacteria MORE: I never thought I had a sweet tooth — until I became a firefighter
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Urgent ‘do not eat' warning issued as viral Dubai-style chocolate bar recalled
A viral chocolate bar inspired by the 'Dubai chocolate' trend has been urgently recalled over a health risk it poses to customers. The Noesis Schokolade Love of Dubai bar should not be bought or eaten, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said, especially by those with a peanut allergy. Although it is not marked on the list of ingredients, the chocolate bar contains peanuts, the FSA explains. This means it poses a 'serious risk' to those with allergies to the nut. The agency adds that it has been unable to contact the manufacturer of the products, Black Sea Trading Ltd, and so is calling on distributors to pull the Noesis bar from shelves. Every single 95g bar of Noesis Schokolade Love of Dubai has been included in the recall (Noesis) Advice from the FSA reads: 'Don't buy this product, and if you have bought it, don't eat it, especially if you have a peanut allergy. 'Dispose of the product at home and get in touch with your local Trading Standards in Great Britain or Environmental Health Officers in Northern Ireland, to let them know where you purchased it.' The 'Love of Dubai' chocolate bar is inspired by a viral food trend that arose in 2024 and has continued. It centres around chocolate bars with a creamy pistachio filling, first created by a chocolatier in Dubai. Receiving millions of views on social media platform TikTok, the popularity of the bar has grown so intense that the price of pistachio kernels globally has been pushed up. Experts say that, in the year to April, prices rose from $7.65 to $10.30 a pound. Last week, the FSA issued a related warning over the proliferation of imported Dubai chocolate bars for sale in the UK. A detailed picture of the recalled bar has been provided by the food watchdog (Food Standards Agency (FSA)) The agency said that some of these products were likely to not include a full ingredients list or allergen labelling, due to not being originally intended for sale in the UK. The bars could also contain additives and colours not allowed on the UK market, it added. Experts from the watchdog are currently surveying and sampling the products to determine the scale of the issue, and working with allergy charities to raise awareness. Professor Robin May, chief scientific adviser to the FSA, said that the 'vast majority of food in the UK is safe, but some imported Dubai-style chocolate products don't meet our standards and could be a food safety risk, especially for consumers with allergies' 'If you are looking to buy Dubai-style chocolate, we advise sticking with trusted retailers, like the ones you'd use for your weekly shop, as products are more likely to be made for UK consumers and so are safe to eat. 'UK law requires food labels to highlight any of 14 allergens present in the product, but some imported products may not do this. You can find more information on
