Case Name (Date)

Lemke et al. v. Kraft Heinz Food Co.
21-cv-278, W.D. Wis.
(April 2021)


Product/Service

Bagel Bites Pizza Snacks


Allegations

Falsely marketing snacks as made with mozzarella cheese when the ingredients list reveals that they contain a cheese blend of part-skim mozzarella cheese and food starch

Misleadingly using the National Milk Producers Federation’s (NMPF’s) “REAL” dairy seal and adding the phrase “made with real cheese” to the seal when use of the seal is not authorized because the product does not contain real cheese

Falsely marketing snacks as made with tomato sauce when the ingredients list shows that the product contains non-tomato extenders and thickeners (cornstarch and methylcellulose)


Status

Dismissed



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Allegations: Falsely marketing that Bagel Bites are made with mozzarella cheese when they actually contain a cheese blend


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