I thought they had some almond milk smoothies?  I could be wrong.  But I thought that was why I write them off.   But 4 serious reactions is bad.

Yes, two:


a) contract production-- that is, Odwalla doesn't own their own production facilities for all products, and the contracting facility also runs product for OTHER manufacturers.


b) cross-contamination in a raw ingredient stream. 


I'm guessing it's the former, but only because the latter is likely to result in lower overall levels of XC in most instances, and this seems like a pretty big problem if there have been a lot of reactions, since MOST people with FA tolerate fairly high XC levels.  Silk soymilk is a case of the former, for example; it's on shared lines and XC is therefore a fluctuating level that's pretty much a constant background thing that occasionally spikes high enough to be problematic for a LOT of people. 

It's possible that it was a one-off kind of thing in the second cause, though. 

This is very interesting since the company states that there is no peanuts or treenuts used in any of their products.  Any thoughts?

I've never had these, but I wasn't aware that they could be a problem, so I thought I'd give everyone a heads up:

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/odwalla-chocolate-protein-monster-recalled-customers-peanut-allergies-experienced-severe-allergic-reactions-article-1.1057410