Lean Cuisine and Stouffer’s Frozen Meals Recalled Due to Potential Presence of ‘Wood-Like Material’ After Reported ‘Choking Incident’

Nestlé USA has issued a recall of select Lean Cuisine and Stouffer’s frozen meals due to the potential presence of “wood-like material.”

The food brand released the recall on Monday, March 17, and listed the four affected products: Lean Cuisine Butternut Squash Ravioli, Lean Cuisine Spinach Artichoke Ravioli, Lean Cuisine Lemon Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry and Stouffer’s Party Size Chicken Lasagna.

Per the release, the recall comes after consumers contacted Nestlé USA about the issue, one of which was a “potential choking incident.”

The recalled items were produced between August 2024 and March 2025 and were distributed at major retailers across the country from September 2024 to March 2025. The affected products have best-by dates ranging from September 2025 to March 2026 and the specific batch numbers can be found on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) website.

Nestlé said they are “actively investigating” the source of the wood-like material and are confident that it is an isolated issue. 

Customers are urged to throw out the affected products but no other Lean Cuisine nor Stouffer’s products are involved in the recall, according to the release.

Last month, over 75,000 bottles of International Delight creamer products were recalled.

On Feb. 21, Danone, LLC recalled about 12,500 cases of 32-oz. bottles of Hazelnut International Delight Coffee Creamer and 32-oz. bottles of Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll International Delight Coffee Creamer due to customer complaints regarding “spoilage and illness” from using the product, according to the report published by the FDA. 

The products included in the Class II risk were distributed to retail locations across 31 states including: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.