Multiple popular Dubai-style chocolate bars have been recalled due to a “risk to health” as brands failed to label ingredients properly. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued the warning for three of the bars as they contain peanuts, almonds, cashews, and walnuts – which are not on the label. Consumers and food businesses have been urged to act if they bought some Noesis, Fix it, and Le Damas products to “avoid risk to health”. All three of these brands have been supplied by Black Sea Trading Ltd.
Those with nut allergies have been urged not to eat them if they have already bought them. The FSA said: “We are notifying consumers and food businesses who have purchased any of the Dubai-style chocolate products listed below as these products contain peanuts and other types of nuts (almonds, cashews and walnuts) which are not all mentioned on the labelling, making it a possible health risk to anyone with an allergy to peanuts or other types of nuts.
“Food businesses selling the Dubai-style chocolate products listed below are advised to immediately stop sales and to undertake product withdrawals, and where there have been retail sales, to undertake product recalls.
“This is because the product presents a serious risk to anyone with an allergy to peanuts or other types of nuts.”
UAE-based manufacturer Le Damas Sweets LLC said the product on the FSA’s warning was a counterfeit and not produced, distributed, or authorised by the company.
A spokesperson told The Independent: “We wish to reassure our customers and retail partners that the product in question is not an authentic Le Damas item.
“It is a counterfeit that falsely uses our branding and does not meet our safety, quality, or design standards.”
The Dubai chocolate bars went viral on TikTok in 2024, garnering millions of views for people who managed to get their hands on them.
First created by a chocolatier in Dubai, they contain pistachio cream and crunchy shredded kataifi pastry.
The original is called Can’t Get Knafeh of It by FIX Chocolatier, but imitations can now be found across major UK supermarkets such as Waitrose, Morrisons, and Lidl.