Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. has voluntarily recalled select Outshine Fruit Bars because some packages may contain small pieces of glass. The company announced the recall on August 16, 2026, covering five flavors sold in 6-count, 2.5-ounce paddle-bar boxes: Strawberry, Watermelon, Grape, Tangerine and Black Cherry. No other Outshine products are part of this recall.
The affected bars were distributed to retailers nationwide. Several chains have posted their own recall notices for customers, including Publix and Market Basket. Other stores that carry Outshine products may also have the affected bars even though they haven’t published a separate notice of their own — no complete, store-by-store list of where the product was sold has been published.
So far, no illnesses or injuries have been reported in connection with the recall, according to the company’s announcement.
Key facts
- Recalled: select Outshine Fruit Bars in 6-count, 2.5-ounce paddle-bar boxes
- Flavors: Strawberry, Watermelon, Grape, Tangerine, Black Cherry
- Reason: possible small pieces of glass in some packages
- Announced: August 16, 2026, by Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
- Best-before dates affected: June 30, 2027 through November 30, 2027
- Lot/batch codes affected: vary by flavor — see the full list below; check your specific flavor, not just whether a code falls in a broad numeric range
- Illnesses or injuries reported: none so far
- Questions: dreyers@casupport.com
How to check your box
Look at the bottom of the box for the best-before date and the batch or lot code. Affected packages have best-before dates between June 30, 2027 and November 30, 2027. Reported lot-code ranges include Strawberry: LLA616903-LLA617603, LLA620303-LLA621203 and LLA621303-LLA621603; Watermelon: LLA617603-LLA618103 and LLA618203-LLA619503; Grape: LLA616803, LLA616903 and LLA619703-LLA620303; and Tangerine: LLA619603 and LLA619703. Black Cherry: LLA618503, LLA618603, LLA618703, LLA618803, LLA618903 and LLA619003, all with a best-before date of 31 JUL 2027. (The recall’s press release text table mislabels this lot-code/UPC combination as Grape; the release’s own product photo for this UPC shows Black Cherry packaging, and Grape’s actual UPC and lot codes are different and listed separately below.) Use the date and lot or batch code together when checking your box.
Where the published mapping is clear, you can also check the UPC number against the flavor:
- Strawberry: 041548610047
- Watermelon: 041548413624
- Grape: 041548244044
- Tangerine: 041548612041
- Black Cherry: 041548000121
What to do if you have one
If your box falls in the recalled range, don’t eat the product. Throw it away or take it back to the store where you bought it for a full refund. Dreyer’s has set up an email address for questions about the recall: dreyers@casupport.com.
A few things worth knowing
This is a different, newer recall than Outshine’s 2023 recall over undeclared milk allergen in a separate product line.
As of August 18, 2026, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)’s public food-recall database does not yet list an entry for this August 2026 recall, and no FDA classification for the event was found in the sources reviewed. Outshine’s five previous recalls — three in 2020, one in 2021, and the 2023 milk-allergen recall — are unrelated to this glass issue, but all of them eventually appeared in the FDA’s database as Class II, now-closed entries.
Sources and further reading
- Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Outshine No Sugar Added Strawberry Fruit Bars in 6 Count Pack
- Outshine Fruit Bars recall notice (Publix)
- Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall on Select Outshine Fruit Bars Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination