If you bought a Marketside Tomato Bisque Soup Kit at a select Walmart store in one of the listed states between June 30 and July 7, 2026, check it before eating it. Kettle Cuisine LLC recalled the 14-ounce kit because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause serious illness in some people. Set the package aside while you verify it. The FDA notice gives no consumer deadline, and the supplied notice excerpt does not state a refund amount, return process or disposal instruction.
The recall is narrow: it concerns one Marketside product, not all Marketside foods or all Walmart soup products. The practical decision for shoppers is to match the package name, size and where it was bought against the confirmed recall details, rather than relying on a broad online headline about “Marketside soups.”
Which soup kit is included
The FDA posted Kettle Cuisine LLC’s August 12, 2026 company announcement on August 13, 2026. It identifies the recalled item as Marketside Tomato Bisque Soup Kit, packaged as a 14-ounce (397-gram) wrapped tray. The notice says it was sold exclusively at select Walmart stores.
According to the announcement, the product was distributed from June 30, 2026, through July 7, 2026 to select Walmart stores in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
That state list is a distribution record, not proof that every Walmart in each state received the item. Likewise, a shopper outside those states should not infer that a package is covered solely from the brand name. The retailer and FDA notice frame the recall around the specific product and distribution path.
How to check a package without overmatching the recall
Start with the front or product-description label. The evidence identifies a product called “Marketside Tomato Bisque Soup Kit” and a 14-ounce size. The company said the recalled product has a printed use-by code identifier, but the supplied FDA notice excerpt does not provide the actual use-by code values or a UPC. Do not treat a similar Marketside tomato soup, a different size, or an item with a different product description as confirmed by this evidence alone.
For a package that matches the name and size and was bought from a potentially affected Walmart location during the stated distribution period, the cautious safety step is to keep it aside and preserve the label. A photo of the product name, size and printed code can help when checking for a later update. This is especially useful because the missing code values prevent a shopper from making a fully package-specific match from the supplied information.
Why the warning matters for some households more than others
The company said the potential contaminant is Listeria monocytogenes. Its FDA-posted announcement says infections can be serious and sometimes fatal for young children, frail or older adults, and people with weakened immune systems. It also states that pregnant women can face miscarriage or stillbirth. Healthy people may experience short-term symptoms including fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, according to the announcement.
This is not clinical-study evidence establishing how many people were exposed or how likely illness is from a particular package. It is a company-announced food recall based on a potential contamination risk. The notice does not provide a testing sample size, laboratory findings, exposure estimate or rate of illness. As of the announcement, Kettle Cuisine said it had received no confirmed reports of illnesses associated with the product.
That distinction matters: no confirmed illnesses does not settle whether every potentially affected package is safe, but it also does not establish that illness occurred. Consumers deciding whether to use a matching package should weigh the identified contamination concern against the fact that the notice lacks package-code details in the supplied excerpt. For people in higher-risk groups, avoiding use of a matching item while seeking updated official guidance is the more protective choice.
Refunds, returns and the missing consumer instructions
Neither the FDA excerpt nor Walmart’s general recall page supplied here states an item-specific reimbursement amount, receipt requirement, return deadline or repair option for this soup kit. There is no repair remedy applicable to a food product in the evidence. Shoppers should not assume that filing a report, returning a product or presenting a receipt guarantees payment until Kettle Cuisine or Walmart publishes instructions for this recall.
Walmart says on its corporate recall page that it works to block recalled items from sale and remove them from stores and clubs. It also says the manufacturer or regulator releases linked through its recall system provide the steps customers should take. That is a description of Walmart’s general process, not a documented promise of a particular refund for this product.
The most useful next milestone is an updated FDA-posted announcement or manufacturer notice that supplies the missing UPC, use-by codes and consumer remedy. Until then, shoppers can make a defensible decision using the verified product name, package size, Walmart-only distribution channel, states and June 30 through July 7, 2026 distribution window. Anyone who believes they became ill after consuming a matching product should seek appropriate medical advice rather than attempting to diagnose the cause from a recall notice alone.
This recall requires more precision than a broad warning about Walmart or Marketside soup. The FDA-posted company announcement identifies one 14-ounce tomato bisque kit and a defined distribution period, but the supplied excerpt omits the UPC and printed use-by code values that would let consumers make a definitive package-level match. That gap changes the consumer decision: a matching product name, size, retailer and purchase location supports caution, while similar products are not automatically included. The notice also reports no confirmed illnesses, but provides no exposure data or testing sample details. Refund and disposal terms remain unverified in the supplied evidence.
Sources and methodology
- Product Recalls - Walmart Corporate - https://corporate.walmart.com/recalls
- Kettle Cuisine Recalls Marketside Tomato Bisque Soup Kit - FDA - https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/kettle-cuisine-recalls-marketside-tomato-bisque-soup-kit-sold-exclusively-walmart-stores-because
