CATrends: What the Fudge?
Lawsuits allege brownie brands and others lack the essential dairy ingredients to call their products fudge.
Lawsuits allege brownie brands and others lack the essential dairy ingredients to call their products fudge.
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as “All Butter” without adequately disclosing that artificial flavors enhance the butter taste
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing cakes as “all butter” when they contain artificial flavors that enhance the butter taste
Allegations: Falsely marketing that butter is the only shortening ingredient when it isn’t
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the icing is fudge when it is missing ingredients essential to fudge and contains ingredients not found in fudge
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the cakes as “All Butter” when they also contain soybean oil
April 2020: A federal judge granted preliminary approval of a settlement agreement in which the company agreed to change the marketing materials for several of its baked goods. According to…