Did Whole Foods Change Their Beloved Berry Chantilly Cake Recipe?

Mar. 15, 2025

Whole Foods changed the Berry Chantilly cake recipe — and then reversed it.Photo:Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market

A change to a fan-favorite Whole Foods cake was short but not too sweet.

The grocery store’sBerry Chantilly cakehas been available since 2002 and gained a cult-like following in recent years. But a recipe switch in September threatened to leave Chantilly lovers with a bad taste.

TikTokers noticed that the cake had been changed and videos quickly went viral.Lisa Younes videofrom Sept. 21, which has since been viewed over 1.5 million times, claimed that the original Berry Chantilly cake slices were being discontinued after speaking to a Whole Foods employee. (She said the full Berry Chantilly cakes would stick to the original recipe.)

Other creators tested out the rumors and found them to be true. Rather than the $5 two layers of vanilla cake with berries and almond-mascarpone cream frosting, the individual cake slices were swapped with a frozen cake and frosting and jam filling in place of the fresh fruit.

Whole Foods Chantilly cake.Whole Foods

Whole Foods

Testers claimed that the jam tasted “like raspberry jam-flavored cleaning product,” according to one TikTok from @culturework. Berries were also strewn on the side instead of in between the frosting and cake layers.

“Berry Chantilly cake slices have not been discontinued! While the slices may look different, they maintain the signature almond flavor and fluffy texture that you know and love from our classic cake,” one comment fromWhole Foods read.

A spokesperson fromWhole FoodstoldThe New York Timeson Sept. 26 that the company had “aligned the flavor profile, size, packaging and price” to standardize the cake slices sold in stores so customers would “have the same high-quality experience” at all stores.

On Sept. 30, the spokesperson updatedThe New York Times:“Based on feedback from our customers, we will reintroduce single slices of the Berry Chantilly cake that are the same as the classic our customers know and love.”

source: people.com