{"id":34053,"date":"2026-06-17T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/aldi-macaroni-and-cheese-recalled-more-than-500k-packages-affected\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:08:42","slug":"aldi-macaroni-and-cheese-recalled-more-than-500k-packages-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/aldi-macaroni-and-cheese-recalled-more-than-500k-packages-affected\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldi macaroni and cheese recalled. More than 500K packages affected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>June 15, 2026, 6:40 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__bv\"\/>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__bvd gnt_x__h\"\/>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - How to stay on top of food recalls and prevent foodborne illnesses\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">More than 500,000 packages of macaroni and cheese sold at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/grocery\/2026\/06\/15\/aldi-blind-box-grocery-bundles\/90520101007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Aldi<\/a> have been recalled over a potentially undeclared allergen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cases of Aldi&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aldi.us\/store\/aldi\/products\/20146932-park-street-deli-macaroni-cheese-20-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Park St. Deli Macaroni &amp; Cheese<\/a> have been pulled from shelves as they may contain soy lecithin. BEF Foods Inc., the product maker, initiated the voluntary recall in March. and the Food and Drug Administration classified it as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/?Event=98714\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Class II recall<\/a> on June 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The FDA describes a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/safety\/industry-guidance-recalls\/recalls-background-and-definitions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Class II recall<\/a>\u00a0as a situation &#8220;which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences&#8221; or where the &#8220;probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/life\/health-wellness\/2025\/05\/23\/risky-foods-linked-to-us-recalls-and-illness-outbreaks-photos\/83775376007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - See the &#039;risky foods&#039; linked to US recalls and illness outbreaks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/05\/21\/USAT\/83775678007-01-deli-meat-3600-px.jpg?crop=3599,2025,x0,y0&amp;width=660&amp;height=372&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/2025\/05\/21\/USAT\/83775678007-01-deli-meat-3600-px.jpg?crop=3599,https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/2025,https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/x0,https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/y0&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><svg class=\"gnt_em_gl_i_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_camera\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A news release was not issued when the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/recalls\/food-and-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">recall<\/a> was initiated. USA TODAY reached out to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/food\/2026\/05\/12\/powdered-milk-recall-grows-products-added\/90043728007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Aldi<\/a> and BEF Foods for comment.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp\">Check food recalls: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/recalls\/food-and-drug\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\">See the latest items pulled from shelves at USA TODAY&#8217;s recall database<\/a><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp\">USA TODAY Shopping: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":body nav (prime)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/shopping\/\">Shop sales in tech, home, fashion, beauty &amp; more curated by our editors.<\/a><\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_mt\">What to know about the Aldi macaroni and cheese recall<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The recall covers 58,405 cases\u00a0of the product. Each case contains 9-20 oz packages, meaning 525,645 individual packages of macaroni and cheese have been pulled.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The following product codes are covered under the recall:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul\">\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4839705<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4839706<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4853771<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4853772<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4854698<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4854700<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4854701<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4855698<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4855699<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4855700<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4857735<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4857736<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4857737<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4857784<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4857785<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4866750<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4866751<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4866752<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4866781<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4866782<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4866783<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4866784<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4872813<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4872814<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4872815<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4873787<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4873788<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4886739<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4886740<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4887698<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">SUL4887699<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The FDA data page for the recall states that the affected packages were distributed nationwide.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_mt\">What is soy lecithin?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Lecithin is a group of chemicals the body uses to move fats, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/encyclopedia\/content?contenttypeid=19&amp;contentid=lecithin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">University of Rochester Medical Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">They are found in foods such as egg yolks, soybeans, wheat germ, peanuts, and liver. Some people also take them as supplements, and they can come in capsules, liquid, or granules.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the food industry, lecithin is used as an additive to combine foods, the medical center added. One example is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2024\/09\/13\/what-is-soy-lecithin\/75021145007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">salad dressing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Soy lecithin emulsifies ingredients, such as oil and water, to blend the salad dressing into a smooth consistency, Judy Simon, a clinical dietitian nutritionist at the University of Washington, previously told USA TODAY.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 15, 2026, 6:40 p.m. ET More than 500,000 packages of macaroni and cheese sold at Aldi have been recalled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/06\/15\/USAT\/90565358007-usatsi-28821792.jpg?crop=4031,2268,x0,y0&width=3200&height=1801&format=pjpg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}