NOW Foods FDA recall records

The FDA has published 14 food recall enforcement records naming NOW Foods between 2013 and 2025, covering 10 separate recall events. The firm is recorded in Illinois. Data last updated 2 September 2026.

Records of 29,386
14
Share of all recalls
0%
Class I of 14
0
Reported between
2013 to 2025

What these records are

Every record on this page was published by the FDA in the openFDA food enforcement database. 14 records cover 10 recall events, because the agency opens one record per product code: a single recall of a product line with many codes appears here many times.

0 of these records are Class I, 10 Class II and 4 Class III. A recall count is not a safety score. Most FDA food recalls are initiated by the firm itself, and a recall is the firm removing product from the market, which is what a food safety plan is built to produce.

What was recalled for

A single record can name more than one hazard, so these counts overlap.

By year

Counts are by the date the FDA reported the enforcement action. That date runs behind the date a firm started a recall, so the most recent year is always partial.

Where the recalling firms are

The state is the location of the recalling firm, not where the product was sold. Distribution is recorded separately on each record.

Most recently reported

All 14 records.
ReportedProductFirmReasonClass
2025-10-22NOW Real Food Organic Unsalted Whole Raw Cashews, 10 oz. pouch, UPC 7 33739 07066 1 Product Code 7066Now FoodsUndeclared pine nutClass II
2025-06-18NOW Nutritional Yeast Powder, Nt. Wt. 10oz. UPC 7 33739 02460 2Now Foodsregular yeast was inadvertently packaged as nutritional yeastClass III
2024-09-04NOW Real Foods Whole & Unsalted Raw Brazil Nuts 12oz. bag UPC 733739070128Now FoodsHigh mold, yeast, and total viable countClass II
2024-02-14Protocol for Life Balance, Phosphatidyl Serine 300mg softgels, 50 count bottle, UPC 707359123922. NOW Foods, Phosphatidyl Serine 300mg softgels, 50 count bottle, UPC 733739023926.Now FoodsAmount of Phosphatidyl Serine in product is less than stated on the labelClass III
2018-12-12NOW Vitamin B-50 Complex with C 100 Veg CapsNOW FoodsNOW Health Group Inc. initiated a voluntary recall of NOW s Vitamin B-50 mg 100 Veg Caps product code 0420 because it is mislabeled as Vitamin B-50 mg 100 Veg Caps.Class III
2017-09-27Organic Coconut Sugar, 16oz bag, 12 bags/case, packed in a foil bagNOW FoodsUndeclared gluten found in the product and the product is labeled "Gluten Free".Class II
2017-02-22NOW¿ Multi-Food 1 Tablets, One Tablet Daily, 90 tablets, A Dietary SupplementNOW FoodsProduct's supplement fact panel incorrectly states that the product contains 75 mg (milligrams) of Molybdenum, when it actually contains 75 mcg (micrograms).Class III
2016-05-04Gingko Biloba 60mg packaged in a white and orange bottle containing 120 capsules. The bottle has a blue cap and white lettering.NOW FoodsUndeclared soy lecithin in 5 dietary supplements.Class II
2016-05-04Goldenseal Root 500 mg packaged in a white and orange bottle containing 100 capsules. The bottle has a blue cap and white lettering.NOW FoodsUndeclared soy lecithin in 5 dietary supplements.Class II
2016-05-04Elderberry 500 mg packaged in a white and orange bottle containing 60 capsules. The bottle has a blue cap and white lettering.NOW FoodsUndeclared soy lecithin in 5 dietary supplements.Class II
2016-05-04Cranberry extract packaged in a white and orange bottle containing 90 capsules. The bottle has a blue cap and white lettering.NOW FoodsUndeclared soy lecithin in 5 dietary supplements.Class II
2016-05-04Andrographis extract 400 mg packaged in a white and orange bottle containing 90 capsules. The bottle has a blue cap and white lettering.NOW FoodsUndeclared soy lecithin in 5 dietary supplements.Class II
2014-02-26Digestive enzyme capsules sold under the NOW Foods, Beeyoutiful, Best in Nature, Bluegrass Naturals Vitamin Company, Chicago Nutrition Company, Gluten-Free Remedies, Osa's Garden, and Professional Naturopathics brands and packaged in a plastic bottle containing 60 or 120 capsules.NOW FoodsDigestive enzyme capsules manufactured by NOW Foods may contain the antibiotic chloramphenicol.Class II
2013-07-31White plastic bottle with blue cap containing 90 capsules; Ashwagandha Extract; 450 mg; CODE 4603; Manufactured by NOW FOODS; 395 S. Glen Ellyn Rd., Bloomingdale, IL 60108, USANOW FoodsIt has been determined that this product contains an undeclared ingredient, licorice extract, which contains glycyrrhizin derived from licorice root.Class II

Questions

How many FDA recalls has NOW Foods had?
The FDA has published 14 food recall enforcement records naming NOW Foods between 2013 and 2025. Those records cover 10 separate recall events: the agency opens one record per product code, so one recall of a product line appears as many records.
Does a high recall count mean a firm is unsafe?
Not on its own. Most FDA food recalls are initiated voluntarily by the firm, and a recall is the firm removing product from the market, which is what a working food safety plan is supposed to produce. Record counts also scale with the number of product codes a firm carries rather than with the number of things that went wrong.

All FDA food recall data

A recall is the end of an evidence trail that either existed or did not. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.

Early access

Recall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.