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CATrends: Made with Real Cheese
Lawsuits allege “real cheese” food products contain fillers.
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These Super Bowl LVIII Advertisers Have Been Taken to Court for Deceptive Marketing
Several of this year’s Super Bowl advertisers have run into legal trouble for alleged deceptive marketing.
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Double Stuf Oreos
Are these cookies double-stuffed with deception?
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CATrends: Graham Crackers Made with White Flour
Class-action lawsuits allege these snacks are graham crackers in name only.
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Are You a ‘Reasonable Consumer’?
Courts weigh in on legal term.
Class-Action Tracker
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Ritz Bits Cracker Sandwiches
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the filling is “made with real cheese”
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Ghost Candy-Flavored Energy Drinks
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as safe for children when they are not intended for and may be harmful to children
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Mondelez Products
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the company sources cocoa using sustainable practices that “help protect people & planet” when the company uses practices that harm the environment and perpetuate child and…
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Hu Organic Simple Dark Chocolate and Green & Black’s Organic Dark Chocolate
Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain unsafe levels of toxic heavy metals
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Fudge Covered Mint Creme Oreo Cookies
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing cookies as covered in fudge when the covering is missing ingredients essential to fudge and contains ingredients not found in fudge
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Trident Sugar Free Gum
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as “Sugar Free Gum With Xylitol”
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Trident Original Flavor Gum
Allegations: Misleadingly including an image of a blue peppermint leaf on the packaging when the ingredients list reveals the gum does not contain any mint or peppermint ingredients and the…
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Halls Sugar Free Honey Lemon Lozenges
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the relief provided by and ingredients in Halls Honey Lemon Lozenges
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Wheat Thins
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as “100% whole grain” when they contain a refined grain ingredient
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Chocolate from Mars, Hershey’s, Nestle, and Others
Allegations: Misleadingly representing that companies would “phase out” and stop using forced child labor when they continue to use child labor to harvest cocoa
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belVita Breakfast Products
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as nutritious when they contain high levels of added sugar and increase the risk of chronic diseases
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Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookie
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing cookies as shortbread, which consumers expect to have butter, when the ingredients list reveals the cookies contain vegetable oils instead of butter
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Enjoy Life Lentil Chips
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as being “high protein” when they are not
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Ritz Honey Wheat Crackers
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients in crackers
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Sour Patch Kids
Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled packaging
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Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookies
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing cookies as shortbread when they are missing an ingredient found in shortbread and contain ingredients not found in shortbread
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Boxes of Swedish Fish Candy
In September 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Mondelez International for allegedly misleadingly using You know when you buy a big bag of chips, and you’re all psyched for…
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Oreo Cookies
July 2020: A federal judge dismissed the Harris case When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled. concluding that the made with “real” cocoa representation was not…
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Honey Maid Graham Crackers
In January 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Mondelēz Global for allegedly misleadingly representing that graham flour (a whole wheat flour) is the primary ingredient in the crackers when,…
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Packaging of Go-Paks
September 2017: The appeal was voluntarily dismissed, the reasons for which have not been disclosed. (Case No. 17-15126, 9th Cir.) January 2017: The named plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal…
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Boxes of Swedish Fish
April 2018: This case was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed. February 2018: A federal…
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Sour Patch Watermelon Candy
October 2016: A federal judge dismissed this complaint finding that the named plaintiff did not have standing (i.e., a proper basis) for injunctive relief, failed to allege an injury, and…
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Ginger Snaps Cookies
A false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against Mondelēz International for allegedly falsely advertising Ginger Snaps cookies. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Mondelēz markets Ginger Snaps as healthful, natural, and…