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PepsiCo’s Quaker Snack Mix Voluntarily Recalled
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- PepsiCo Inc. said it voluntarily recalled about 275,000 packages of Quaker Snack Mix Baked Cheddar in the U.S. because the product contains hydrolyzed vegetable protein.
The ingredient was earlier recalled by its maker, Las Vegas-based Basic Food Flavors Inc., because of potential salmonella contamination, Purchase, New York-based PepsiCo said in an e-mailed statement. The cheddar snacks were distributed nationwide, PepsiCo said.
“HVP is a very minor ingredient in the seasoning for this product,” PepsiCo said. “Although every seasoning lot tested negative for Salmonella, and there are no reports of Salmonella- related illness related to this product, the product is voluntarily being recalled out of an abundance of caution.”
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PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) is a global beverage, snack and food company. The Company manufactures, markets and sells a range of salty, convenient, sweet and grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and foods approximately 200 countries, with its operations in North America, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The Company is organized into three business units: PepsiCo Americas Foods, which includes Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Foods North America and all of its Latin American food and snack businesses, including its Sabritas and Gamesa businesses in Mexico; PepsiCo Americas Beverages, which includes PepsiCo Beverages North America and all of its Latin American beverage businesses, and PepsiCo International, which includes all PepsiCo businesses in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa. The Company’s three business units were organized in six segments: FLNA, QFNA, LAF, PAB, United Kingdom & Europe, and Middle East, Africa & Asia.