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Allegations: Products contain more sodium than advertised
Containers of Herbal Zen Nutrition™ Plant-Based Protein
In December 2017, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Iovate Health Sciences for allegedly 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 containers for Herbal Zen Nutrition™ Plant-Based Protein. Specifically, plaintiffs claim that the 1.5 lbs container has unnecessary empty space. (Hu et al v. Iovate Health Sciences U.S.A. Inc., Case No. 17-cv-9427, S. D. NY.)
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