--- description: General Mills announced a recall Monday of its Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios over wheat contamination in gluten free labeled boxes. title: General Mills Recalls Boxes of Cheerios Deemed Gluten-free image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb38434c0cdf33a1/698866efcf40a80b45c400ed/466715014.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # General Mills Recalling 1.8 Million Cheerios Boxes Over Gluten Allergy Fears by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2015 8:50 PM CUT  General Mills Inc. Cheerios brand cereal is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, March 18, 2015\. General Mills reported net sales of $4.35 billion during the third quarter and reaffirmed the company's outlook for 2015 during an earnings report today. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images General Mills Inc. Cheerios brand cereal is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, March 18, 2015\. General Mills reported net sales of $4.35 billion during the third quarter and reaffirmed the company's outlook for 2015 during an earnings report today. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2015 8:50 PM CUT General Mills said Monday it is recalling 1.8 million boxes of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios after wheat flour contaminated its gluten-free production system at plant in California. The boxes affected were made at the company’s facility in Lodi, Calif., in July, [according to CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/05/general-mills-recalls-cheerios-for-allergen-issue.html "undefined"). The company said that the products could have “potential adverse health effects” for those who have celiac disease, or are allergic to wheat. “_Cheerios_ and _Honey Nut Cheerios_ produced on these dates at the company’s Lodi, California facility are being recalled because an isolated incident resulted in wheat flour being inadvertently introduced into the gluten free oat flour system at its Lodi facility,” the company said in a recall announcement. “As a result, the products may contain an undeclared allergen—wheat—in products labeled as gluten-free.” General Mills said that no other cereals it produces were affected because of the incident. The brand took to Twitter to post the cereals included in the recall: > [](https://twitter.com/cheerios/status/651118420071612416) For more on General Mills, read this _Fortune_ story [on the company’s plan to go green](http://fortune.com/2015/08/31/general-mills-going-green/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4062014/cheerios-gluten-wheat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4062014/cheerios-gluten-wheat/"},"headline":"General Mills Recalling 1.8 Million Cheerios Boxes Over Gluten Allergy Fears","datePublished":"2015-10-05T20:50:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:31:58.704Z","description":"No other cereals were affected","url":"https://time.com/4062014/cheerios-gluten-wheat/","keywords":["Food","cereal","health","Recalls","gluten free","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb38434c0cdf33a1/698866efcf40a80b45c400ed/466715014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Benjamin Snyder/Fortune","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb38434c0cdf33a1/698866efcf40a80b45c400ed/466715014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"General Mills Products Ahead of Earning Figures","caption":"General Mills Products Ahead of Earning Figures","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via 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":"https://time.com/4062014/cheerios-gluten-wheat/","name":"General Mills Recalling 1.8 Million Cheerios Boxes Over Gluten Allergy Fears"}}]}] ```