The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIIOur severity:LowFDA (Food)·F-0936-2025·Announced 2025-06-18

NOW Nutritional Yeast Powder recalled due to packaging error

NOW Foods is recalling NOW Nutritional Yeast Powder (10 oz, UPC 7 33739 02460 2) because regular yeast was inadvertently packaged as nutritional yeast.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class III

Class III is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 1/5 (Low).

Cosmetic or documentation issue. No expected health impact, but the manufacturer is correcting the affected products.

Our severity reasoning: This is an FDA Class III recall—by definition unlikely to cause adverse health consequences. The source text identifies only a packaging/labeling error with no reported illnesses, injuries, or health hazard.

Plain-English summary

NOW Foods is recalling NOW Nutritional Yeast Powder, Net Weight 10 oz (UPC 7 33739 02460 2), due to a packaging error. Regular yeast was inadvertently packaged as nutritional yeast.

The recalled product was distributed nationwide in the USA and also to the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, UAE, and Ukraine. The affected lot numbers are NOW Lot Number 3372888 (Best By 03/2027) and NOW Lot Number 3320523 (Best By 04/2026).

Consumers who purchased this product should not use it. Any customers with questions or concerns are advised to contact NOW Foods.

The recalled product

Product
NOW Nutritional Yeast Powder, Nt. Wt. 10oz. UPC 7 33739 02460 2
Manufacturer
Now Foods
Affected units
18,658

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (1)

  • NOW Lot Number: 3372888 Best By 03/2027 NOW Lot Number: 3320523 Best By 04/2026

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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