Kraft Heinz has recalled more than 5,700 cases of Wild Cherry Capri Sun drinks that were contaminated with cleaning solution, the company said in a statement Friday. The recall applies to all products with a “best when used by” date of June 25, 2023. The company issued the voluntary recall after the drinks were accidentally mixed with a diluted cleaning solution used on processing equipment at one of its plants. “The issue was discovered after we received several consumer complaints about the taste of the affected product,” the company said, adding that people who bought the drink should not consume it. Consumers can return the products to the stores where they were purchased, Kraft Heinz said. “The company is actively working with retail partners and distributors to remove the potentially affected product from circulation,” it said in a statement. Customers who are unsure if their lot is affected can call Kraft Heinz at 800-280-8252. This is not the first time that the company’s drinks have been recalled. Last year, Kraft Heinz, which has headquarters in Chicago and Pittsburgh, urged consumers not to drink certain powdered drinks Country Time Lemonade, Arizona Tea and Kool-Aid Tropical Punch in the United States and Canada after the mix-up small particles of metal and glass in the products during production. The company discovered the contamination during an internal review at one of its factories. Capri Sun also made headlines in the past when a video of a father showing mold in his daughter’s Capri Sun juice case went viral. Cameron Hardwick of Columbus, Ind., expressed shock when he saw the growth floating in the drink when he emptied it into a glass. “We don’t often give them to our kids, but NEVER again!” he said in a Facebook post. The company responded that when drinks are spiked, mold can grow and that Hardwick’s case was isolated. The company tested his drink and found a tiny hole in the case, he told Today. “We understand it’s unpleasant, but mold occurs naturally, just like if you leave an apple on your counter for too long and mold starts to grow,” the company said.
