43%

Fewer recalls than
Bakery peers

Ardent Mills — FDA Recall History & Enforcement Records

Established Player · Bakery

Data Notice: Recall frequency varies by category and firm size; data is comparative and may not indicate actual brand safety or quality. See Methodology.

As of July 16, 2026, Ardent Mills has 10 recorded FDA food enforcement actions in the openFDA database. Their most recent recall was on 18 May 2022. Ardent Mills is categorized under Bakery based on their predominant recall history.

10
Total FDA recalls
9.1
Years in FDA database
1.1
Recalls per year
1,520 days(4.2 yrs)
Since last recall
10.0%
Class I (life-threatening)
1.1 recalls/yr vs Bakery avg 2.3/yrWell Below Average

Recall activity over time for Ardent Mills

How serious are Ardent Mills recalls?

FDA recall classifications by severity

Class I (Life-threatening)
10.0% (1 recalls)
Class II (Moderate risk)
90.0% (9 recalls)
Class III (Minor violation)
0.0% (0 recalls)

Full FDA recall history for Ardent Mills

All 10 FDA enforcement actions sourced from openFDA · Sorted by date, most recent first

Date Product Reason Class & Status
18 May 2022Official FDA Notice BBU Fine Whole Wheat Flour Bulk-AA-50251, Bulk Tanker; SG Whole Wheat Fine Flour 2,000 lb. Tote-AA Storage instruc Potential to contain small pieces of stainless steel from a piece of milling equipment which was discovered during an investigative inspection of our Class IITerminated
10 Feb 2022Official FDA Notice Ardent Mills Hotel and Restaurant All Purpose Flour – AA, 50 lb. (22.68kg) bag, UPC 6 78008 00053 9, Ardent Mills, Denve Raw, untreated flour tested positive for Salmonella. Class IITerminated
23 Jan 2020Official FDA Notice Kroger Unbleached All Purpose Enriched Flour, 5 lb. bag. Bar code: 011110861660 Product may be contaminated with Salmonella. Class IITerminated
26 Nov 2019Official FDA Notice Wild Harvest Organic Unbleached All Purpose Flour, Net Wt 5 lb. (2.26 kg) in paper bags, UPC 7 11535 50915 8, 8 bags per Wild Harvest Organic Unbleached All Purpose Flour in 5 lb. bags has the potential to be contaminated with E. coli (STEC). Class IITerminated
4 Jan 2019Official FDA Notice MEMBERS MARK SELF RISE FLR 25LB Ardent Mills is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Self-Rising Flour because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Class IITerminated
4 Jan 2019Official FDA Notice WESTCREEK H&R SELF RISE AP FLR 25LB and 50LB Ardent Mills is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Self-Rising Flour because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Class IITerminated
4 Jan 2019Official FDA Notice HILLTOP HEARTH SELF RISE FLR 25LB and 50LB Ardent Mills is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Self-Rising Flour because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Class IITerminated
4 Jan 2019Official FDA Notice ARDENT H&R SR FLR, 25LB, 50 LB, and 25LB (PC)-309951, packaged in paper bags, Store at Ambient Temperature Ardent Mills is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Self-Rising Flour because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Class IITerminated
13 Sep 2018Official FDA Notice Safeguard Soft Flr (GIV) packaged in 50 lb bags Flour tested positive for Salmonella by customer. Class IITerminated
2 Jun 2017Official FDA Notice PRIMO MOLINO ITALIAN STYLE ENRICHED FLOUR, 50 lb, Packaged in paper bags, Store at Ambient Temperature, produced on 10/3 Primo Molino Italian Style Flour may be contaminated with E. coli O121. Class ITerminated

Where have Ardent Mills recalls occurred?

States affected across all recorded FDA enforcement actions

Nationwide

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