Freezers across the country may be holding a hidden hazard: Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. has recalled five flavors of Outshine fruit bars over concerns that some packages may contain glass fragments. The recall covers 55 specific lot-and-date combinations of the 6-count, 2.5-ounce bars, with best-before dates stretching from June 2027 through November 2027.
The voluntary recall, announced Sunday, spans Strawberry, Watermelon, Grape, Black Cherry, and Tangerine flavors, according to FOX 10 Phoenix. Strawberry bars account for the largest share of the recall, with more than 20 affected batch codes carrying best-by dates spanning September through November 2027, as reported by Rolling Out. Watermelon follows with 16 affected codes, Grape with seven, Black Cherry with six, and Tangerine with two.
Consumers can identify affected products by checking the batch codes printed on the bottom of each package alongside the flavor-specific UPC number, per Readers.id. The affected bars were distributed to stores across the country, and no other Outshine products or varieties are included in the recall.
No Injuries Reported, but Company Urges Caution
Dreyer's says no injuries or illnesses have been reported in connection with the issue so far. Still, the company has advised anyone worried about a possible injury to contact a health care provider, and it is telling consumers who bought affected products that they can return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.
In a statement, Dreyer's said the safety, quality, and integrity of its products remain its highest priority, and the company apologized for any inconvenience the recall may cause consumers and retail customers. Glass contamination ranks among the more serious hazards regulators track in packaged food: hard or sharp foreign objects in ready-to-eat items can cause laceration or perforation of tissue in the mouth, tongue, throat, stomach, and intestines, according to Food and Drug Administration guidance cited by Newsweek.
How Regulators Classify This Kind of Risk
The FDA classifies recalls involving sharp physical contaminants like glass as Class I events, its highest health hazard designation, reserved for situations where exposure carries a reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death. Foreign object contamination — including glass, metal, plastic, and wood — accounted for roughly 3.6 percent of all FDA-regulated food and beverage recall events in 2025, a far smaller share than allergen labeling errors and bacterial pathogens, which together drove more than 80 percent of last year's recalls, per industry data compiled by Esko.
This is not the first time Dreyer's has pulled Outshine bars from shelves over contamination concerns. In March 2020, the company recalled select batch codes of Outshine Strawberry and Pineapple fruit bars due to potential white plastic contamination, according to the Defense Commissary Agency. In July 2023, it voluntarily recalled 6-count packages of Outshine No Sugar Added Strawberry Fruit Bars because of undeclared milk, a major food allergen, as reported by Consumer Affairs.
A Major Player in the U.S. Frozen Aisle
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, tracing its roots to 1928, when candy maker Joseph Edy and ice cream maker William Dreyer founded the company in Oakland. The company sells its products under the Dreyer's name in the Western U.S. and Texas, and as Edy's in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S.
The brand is owned by Froneri, a UK-based frozen dessert manufacturer formed by Nestlé and PAI Partners, which acquired Nestlé's U.S. ice cream business in a $4 billion deal in January 2020, according to Food Dive. That acquisition brought Häagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Outshine, and Dreyer's/Edy's under one corporate umbrella. Dreyer's generates more than $2 billion in annual U.S. sales across its brand portfolio, and it was the only major U.S. ice cream manufacturer to post positive sales volume growth in 2021.
Several questions remain unresolved. The exact manufacturing source of the glass contamination has not been disclosed, and it is unclear whether the FDA will issue a formal Class I enforcement report on the recall. It also remains to be seen how Froneri plans to audit its production lines to prevent similar foreign-object issues going forward.
