Allergen Recall: Dr Oetker’s Ready Rolled Icing

Allergen Recall: Dr Oetker Ready Rolled Icing

r Oetker is recalling its Regal-Ice Ready Rolled Icing White because some packs contain marzipan, made with almonds, which are not mentioned on the label.

Dr Oetker Ready Rolled Icing White

Dr Oetker's Regal-Ice Ready Rolled Icing White is being recalled. A small number of packs were mistakenly filled with ready rolled marzipan instead. This makes it a health hazard to those with an allergy to nuts (almonds) and could lead to them going into anaphylactic shock.

Marzipan

Marzipan is made of either sugar or honey, with ground almonds added to it. In the Middle East, it is also made from oatmeal, milled wheat or semolina (wheat), making it not just a health hazard to those with an allergy to nuts but also to those with an allergy or intolerance to wheat (gluten). In Asia, they sometimes use cashew nuts instead of almonds and in the Philippines pili nuts (but they're still nuts).

Nuts and Peanuts

If you'd like to know more about the difference between nuts and peanuts, click here.

The 14 Allergens

If you'd like to know more about the 14 allergens recognised under UK/EU law, click here.

Dr Oetker's Regal-Ice Ready Rolled Icing White Recall

Product	Pack Size	Best Before	Batch Code	Barcode	Allergens
Dr Oetker Regal-Ice Ready Rolled Icing White	450g	12 October 2018	17286	5010301043458	Almonds (nuts)

To read the Food Standards Agency's recall notice, click here. To see Dr Oetker's recall notice on the FSA's website, click here. We could not find any information on the recall on Dr Oetker's own website, not even in their section for the press...

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What is the difference between nuts and peanuts?

This is a question we get asked a lot on our courses. When we talk about nuts, we mean tree nuts; i.e., nuts that grow on trees - like all those almonds, brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans and walnuts

Peanuts

Peanuts are also called groundnuts and it is this name that clearly shows the difference. Peanuts grow in the ground, and are actually part of the beans and peas family. But though they are strictly speaking a legume, they are similar in taste and nutritional contents that they are often considered a nut for culinary purposes and called as such in the English language.

The 14 Allergens

There are 14 major allergens that need to be clearly highlighted on the packaging of any food that contains it. If the allergen is sold in a different way, for instance as loose foods or cooked into a meal, information on what contains any of these 14 allergens must be easily available.

The 14 recognised food allergens in the UK

The Law

From December 13, 2014, all food businesses have to provide this information on these 14 allergens, wherever they might be present in foods.
To read and/or download the EU Food Information for Consumers Regulation Allergen Provisions, click here.
Additional guidance given by the Food Standards Agency can be found here.
Guidance on Food Allergen Management for Food Manufacturers can be found here.
The Food Standards Agency also has a specific leaflet to help with allergen information for loose foods.
They also provide other information, including a handy allergen chart for caterers.

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