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…
CLIF and LUNA Energy and Protein Bars
In April 2016, the named plaintiff in a false advertising class-action lawsuit against Clif Bar & Company voluntarily dismissed the action When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled.. The lawsuit, which was originally filed in state court in March 2016 and transferred to federal court in April 2016, alleged, among other things, that the company markets CLIF and LUNA energy and protein bars as healthy without meeting state and federal requirements to make such a claim. The reasons for the dismissal have not yet been disclosed. (Perieff et al v. Clif Bar & Company, Case No. 16-cv-1708, N. D. CA.)
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Clif Kid ZBars
Allegations: Marketing bars as healthy and nutritious when they contain an excessive amount of sugar
Clif Blok Energy Chews
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as if one cube contains the advertised amount of caffeine when, in reality, it takes three cubes to attain the advertised amount of caffeine
Clif Bar® and Luna® White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Bars
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