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# FDA warns 'Lazy Larry' snacks with melatonin are unsafe
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/melatonin_0802111229/
- Published: 2011-08-02T13:28:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:12:06.000Z
- Description: The FDA says the melatonin in 'Lazy Larry' snacks, formerly 'Lazy Cakes', is an unsafe food additive not approved for use in food, and that a Supplement Facts panel does not make a product sold beside snacks a dietary supplement. The maker had 15 days to respond.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Alerts, Shopping, #vivvo-import

By Aimee Keenan-Greene  
  
The Food and Drug Administration says “Lazy Larry”, formerly “Lazy Cakes”, contains an unsafe food additive because they are made with melatonin. Melatonin is not approved for use in any food.

The FDA says the“Lazy Larry” product is marketed as a conventional food alongside snacks and accordingly is not a dietary supplement just because they use the term in the statement of identity and use a “Supplement Facts” panel for nutrition labeling. 

The FDA says they know of 'no basis for general recognition of safety for melatonin based either on scientific procedures or common use in food. Melatonin is a neurohormone that is used for medicinal purposes, primarily as a sleep aid in the treatment of sleep-related disorders. The FDA says reports in the scientific literature have raised safety concerns about the use of melatonin.' Among these are concerns about effects on blood glucose homeostasis, reproductive/developmental, cardiovascular, ocular and neurological system concerns.

The manufacturer, Terry Harris of HBB, LLC dba Baked World in Memphis Tennessee has 15 days to respond to the FDA's warning letter.

*"The author is in public relations and communications and is affiliated with the Pear Health Company."*