Once Upon a Farm Recalls Every Tractor Wheels Bar

Once Upon a Farm is recalling every lot and variety of its Tractor Wheels Organic Toddler Soft-Baked Bars, the Berkeley, California, company's fruit-flavored snack bars for toddlers. The company announced the voluntary recall on October 30, 2026, and the Food and Drug Administration published the notice on November 2.

The hazard is specific, and it's in the texture. The FDA says the bars can rapidly hydrate into a dense, dry and sticky mass on contact with saliva during chewing, and that mass can block a toddler's airway. The agency's consumer advisory, updated November 3, reports children from 1.5 to 2.5 years old suffering complete airway obstruction, unable to breathe, after eating the bars.

Some of those incidents required emergency response intervention and hospital observation, according to the FDA. The agency also warns that standard choking interventions, including back blows and the Heimlich maneuver, may fail to dislodge the mass. That's what separates this recall from a routine label fix.

The company's own notice tells a narrower story, and both versions are on the record. Once Upon a Farm says the recall was based on three consumer complaints reported to the FDA for choking, and that no injuries had been reported to date. The FDA advisory describes the obstruction reports separately, and parents reading both will see the gap.

The recall covers all flavors, package sizes and lot codes, including expired products that may still sit in pantries. Unexpired bars carry Best If Used By dates from October 30, 2026, through August 26, 2027. The FDA advisory names Costco, Target and Walmart among the retailers, and the bars were also sold on Amazon and by other third-party sellers.

The commercial weight is real, too. Tractor Wheels made up about 18 percent of the company's net sales this year, FoodNavigator reported. Chief executive John Foraker said on a November 2 call that the company hadn't identified a root cause, and the company says it's reformulating the bars. It hasn't given a return date.