
Gerber Good Start Grow Stage 3
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as nutritionally appropriate for toddlers
Thomas et al. v. Nestle USA, Inc.
BC649863, California state court – Los Angeles
(2017)
Raisinets, Buncha Crunch, Butterfinger Bites, Tollhouse Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, Rainbow Nerds, SweeTarts, Spree, Gobstopper, and Sno-Caps
Deceptively using You know when you buy a big bag of chips, and you’re all psyched for a feast, and then it turns out there are like, three chips in the bag? That bag is slack filled.ed boxes that are approximately 48% empty space
Settled
(Final approval granted)
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as nutritionally appropriate for toddlers
Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled boxes for candies
Allegations: Coffee creamers contain fewer servings than advertised
Allegations: Coffee creamer contains fewer servings than advertised
Allegations: Products do not contain the advertised number of servings
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as vanilla ice cream dipped in milk chocolate
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as containing no preservatives
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that products help manage blood sugar, control glucose, and are “designed for people with diabetes”
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as “lime”
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing pet food as healthy
Allegations: Falsely marketing that products contain “No Preservatives”
Allegations: False natural claims
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that products contain a specific amount of grass-fed protein
Allegations: False “100% Recyclable” claims
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that drinks are “designed for people with diabetes” to “help manage blood sugar” without adequate scientific evidence to support such claims
Allegations: Deceptively labeling chocolates in a way to make consumers believe that the cocoa used in them was produced using environmentally and socially responsible standards
Allegations: False “Dolphin Safe” claims
Allegations: Falsely advertising products as containing “2X More” creamer
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as nutritionally appropriate for toddlers when they contain less protein and more added sugar and carbohydrates than recommended Misleadingly marketing Good Start Grow as distinct from…
Allegations: Misleadingly representing that companies would “phase out” and stop using forced child labor when they continue to use child labor to harvest cocoa
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as a “good source” of 12 vitamins and minerals when they are not unless other ingredients are added to them Falsely marketing products as containing “No…
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as white chocolate
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as containing “13g protein” without adequately disclosing that they actually contain 5 grams of protein
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that ice cream is covered in milk chocolate when the ingredients list reveals the coating contains an ingredient not found in chocolate
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing sparkling waters as being flavored “with a twist of raspberry lime” without adequately disclosing that the waters contain “Natural Flavors”
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the coating is “Rich Milk Chocolate” when it contains an ingredient not found in chocolate
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as “Non-GMO”
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the supplement is “clinically proven to Help Relieve Irritable Bowel Syndrome” without competent and reliable scientific evidence to support such claims
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that water is from springs in the Arrowhead Mountain without adequately disclosing that water is sourced from springs in six different locations
Allegations: False “grain free” and “No corn, wheat or soy” claims
Allegations: Failing to disclose baby foods contain toxic heavy metals
Allegations: Failing to disclose baby foods contain toxic heavy metals
Allegations: Failing to disclose baby foods contain toxic heavy metals
Allegations: Failing to disclose baby foods contain toxic heavy metals
Allegations: Failing to disclose baby foods contain toxic heavy metals
Allegations: Falsely advertising that the flavoring ingredient is vanilla when the ingredients list reveals that the prodct contains unspecified “Natural Flavor” and testing shows that the vanilla flavor comes from…
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