
Gerber Good Start Grow Stage 3
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as nutritionally appropriate for toddlers
In February 2018, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Nestlé USA for allegedly failing to disclose that the cocoa beans used in chocolate products are the result of child and slave labor. (Tomasella et al v. Nestlé USA, Inc., Case No. 18-cv-10269, D. Mass.)
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Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as nutritionally appropriate for toddlers
Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled boxes for candies
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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