Recalling

Readers who know me in real life have probably seen me eating my favorite brand of candy bars, Lärabar (http://www.larabar.com/). What I love about Lärabars is that they are made only from dried fruits, nuts, and spices. They are raw, unprocessed, and unsweetened. And they taste like candy. I eat them pretty frequently and have turned a lot of people on to them. When I first heard about the peanut-related salmonella outbreak, I thought I was fine. I do eat peanut butter nearly every day, but only the all-natural kind from the co-op. And given the way that Lärabars are marketed as being pure and wholesome, it never occurred to me that anything sinister might be lurking in my candy. The other day, however, a friend told me that she has been eating Medjool dates dipped in peanut butter because she hasn't been able to get her peanut-butter-cookie Lärabar fix. Sure enough, when I checked on the website, I found that this flavor (arguably one of Lärabar's best), was indeed made with tainted peanuts. My friend is keeping abreast of the situation and will inform me when the PB cookie flavor returns to stores. In the meantime, although I do very much enjoy a plump Medjool date dipped in creamy peanut butter, they aren't nearly as portable as a candy bar, so I suppose I will just have to satisfy myself with the cashew cookie and pecan pie flavors. After all, tree nuts were never recalled.

Comments

[Elizabeth]

Hi, Emily, your Larabar junkie, here. In the interest of keeping the world informed about this important issue, I give you the latest email I received from General Mills' customer service. Note, they mention they have a new supplier, so I hope that does not affect the taste of the product (salmonella-laden as it may have been):

"Dear Valued Consumer:

Retailers can now order and consumers like you will begin seeing Larabar Peanut Butter Cookie and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp bars back on the shelves!

We have a new supplier and new UPC’s.
Look for the following UPC’s to make sure you have the new bars:

Larabar Peanut Butter Cookie:
Pouch 21908-50916-7
Caddy (16-bar sleeve) 21908-45307-1
6-bar pack (Costco) 21908-45361-3

JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp:
Pouch 21908-50903-7
Caddy (18-bar sleeve) 21908-45333-0

We hope you find this information helpful. Thanks again for choosing Larabar!"

[Emily]

Thanks, Elizabeth! I had no idea they sold 6-bar packs at Costco -- I will definitely have to find some of those :)