Fødevarestyrelsen has recalled Urtekram organic Peanut Butter Crunchy with the best before date 15 April 2027 after tests found too much of the pesticide chlorpyrifos.
The recall was published on Fødevarestyrelsen’s website on Friday, November 13, 2026. Kristeligt Dagblad, carrying a Ritzau report, writes that the organic peanut butter is being withdrawn because an excessive amount of the pesticide was found in the product.
Per the recall notice from Fødevarestyrelsen, the company behind the withdrawal is Midsona Danmark. The agency lists the product as Peanut Butter Crunchy, article number 1002876, EAN 5701058014432, in a 230 gram jar.
Where the jars were sold and how to identify them
According to the Ritzau report, the peanut butter was sold in SuperBrugsen, Kvickly, Dagrofa, Alma, Løvbjerg and Firtal. The news site nyheder.dk reports that the product was sold across the whole country.
TV2 Øst adds that the jars were also sold through webshops, naming Helsebixen.dk and Jala Helsekost. TV2 Midtvest notes that Fødevarestyrelsen announced three separate product recalls that Friday afternoon, with the peanut butter one of them.
The single identifier consumers are told to look for is the best before date 15 April 2027. Fødevarestyrelsen advises anyone who has the product at home to return it to the shop where it was bought, or to throw it out.
What Fødevarestyrelsen says about the health risk
Fødevarestyrelsen states that pesticide residues can occur in plant-based foods, but that the EU has set limit values for pesticides. The agency says a health risk cannot be ruled out, while the Ritzau report phrases this as the product being potentially harmful to eat.
Both the agency and the Ritzau report stress that a single meal is not what matters. The concern is consumers having a high intake of pesticides over a longer period, which is why no acute symptoms are expected from having eaten the peanut butter. TV2 Fyn repeats the same wording from Fødevarestyrelsen.
What a Danish food recall means for internationals
Fødevarestyrelsen, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, is the authority under the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries that publishes recalls, known in Danish as tilbagekaldelser. Notices appear on foedevarestyrelsen.dk under tilbagekaldte produkter, and in practice they are written in Danish only, which is why many foreign residents first hear about a recall through supermarket shelf notices or news coverage. The agency’s notices name the producer, the batch identifiers and the shops involved.
In this case the practical instruction is the same whether you shop at SuperBrugsen, Kvickly, Alma, Løvbjerg or one of the named webshops: the jar can be handed back to the store or discarded. Danish supermarkets routinely refund recalled goods at the counter, and Fødevarestyrelsen’s notice does not require a receipt for the product to be returned. For those tracking grocery costs in Denmark, the amount involved here is a single 230 gram jar.
Recalls of this kind are not unusual in the Danish market, and earlier cases have ranged from pesticide findings to the recall of jelly candy over a choking risk. What is not yet known in this case is how many jars reached Danish households, or how the chlorpyrifos ended up in an organic product. Fødevarestyrelsen’s notice does not address either question.
