--- description: Hostess Brands is recalling 710,000 cases of baked goods because the items may contain traces of peanuts. title: Hostess Recalls Baked Goods Over Potential Peanut Contamination image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt099edf1e717ef29d/6988968ecf40a836cdc4384e/hostess-ding-dongs.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Food & Drink](/tag/food-drink/) ## Food & Drink Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hostess Recalls Thousands of Baked Goods Over Potential Peanut Contamination by [Rosalie Chan](/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2016 7:17 PM CUT  Hostess Ding Dongs are offered for sale at a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Chicago on December 11, 2012. Hostess Ding Dongs are offered for sale at a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Chicago on December 11, 2012.Scott Olson—Getty Images by [Rosalie Chan](/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2016 7:17 PM CUT Hostess Brands, the maker of Ding Dongs and other snack cakes, is [recalling 710,000 cases of baked goods ](http://www.hostesscakes.com/Home/Recall "undefined")because the items may contain traces of peanuts. Snacks that are being recalled include Ding Dongs, Zingers, Chocodiles and chocolate and powdered donuts. A complete list of the items, which do not include a warning about peanuts on their packaging, can be found on the [FDA’s website](http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm505065.htm "undefined"). People with peanut allergies run the risk of serious or life-threatening [allergic reactions](http://time.com/the-allergy-crisis/ "undefined") if they consume products with peanut allergens. The potential peanut traces in Hostess products come from the brand’s flour supplier, Grain Craft, which issued its own recall due to peanut residue concerns. For the majority of peanut allergic consumers, “the amount of peanut exposure from use of flours and affected products is considered to be low and not expected to cause adverse health effects,” Hostess said in a statement. Hostess has been notified of two allergic reactions related to the products that are now being recalled, the company said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4358685/hostess-recall-peanut-allergens/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4358685/hostess-recall-peanut-allergens/"},"headline":"Hostess Recalls Thousands of Baked Goods Over Potential Peanut Contamination","datePublished":"2016-06-06T19:17:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:25:10.886Z","description":"If you have peanut allergies, take note","url":"https://time.com/4358685/hostess-recall-peanut-allergens/","keywords":["Food & Drink","Food"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt099edf1e717ef29d/6988968ecf40a836cdc4384e/hostess-ding-dongs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rosalie Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt099edf1e717ef29d/6988968ecf40a836cdc4384e/hostess-ding-dongs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Last Shipment Of Hostess Twinkies Arrives In Chicago Area Stores","caption":"Last Shipment Of Hostess Twinkies Arrives In Chicago Area Stores","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/food-drink/","name":"Food & Drink"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4358685/hostess-recall-peanut-allergens/","name":"Hostess Recalls Thousands of Baked Goods Over Potential Peanut Contamination"}}]}] ```