Pringles® Salt and Vinegar Chips
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as containing “No Artificial Flavors”
Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts
March 2022: This case was dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled..
March 2021: An amended complaint was filed.
September 2020: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Kellogg Sales Company for allegedly misleadingly marketing that the only fruit ingredient in Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts is strawberries when, according to plaintiffs, the ingredients list reveals that the fruit filling also contains pears and apples. The complaint also claims that the product contains a coloring ingredient (red 40) to make consumers think it contains more strawberries than it actually does. (Brown et al v. Kellogg Sales Company, Case No. 20-cv-7283, S.D.N.Y.)
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Several Kellogg’s Cereals
Allegations: Misleadingly including strawberries in photographs on the front of cereal boxes when the products don’t contain any strawberries
Kellogg’s Fruit Snacks
Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled packaging
Kashi Ripe Strawberry Soft Baked Breakfast Bars
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients in bars
Morningstar Farms VEGGIE Products
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as “veggie”
Harvest Wheat Toasteds Crackers
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing ingredients in crackers
Kashi Go Cinnamon Crisp Cereal
Allegations: Cereals contain less protein than advertised
Kashi Honey Almond Flax Chewy Granola Bars
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as “Made With Wildflower Honey” when honey is not the predominant sweetening ingredient
Kashi Mixed Berry Soft Baked Breakfast Bar
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients in breakfast bars
Special K Cranberry Almond Chewy Nut Bars
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing bars as “Cranberry Almond”
Strawberry Pop-Tarts
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the filling as strawberry when it contains significant amounts of other fruits in addition to strawberries
Frosted Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tarts
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the product contains fudge when it is missing ingredients essential to fudge and contains ingredients that are not found in fudge
Kashi Ripe Strawberry Breakfast Bars
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients used in the fruit filling and as the primary sweetener in products
Pringles Chips and More
Allegations: Failing to disclose chips contain harmful ingredients and misleadingly marketing chips as containing evaporated cane juice when they actually contain sugar
Kellogg’s Cereals and Nutri-Grain Products
Allegations: Deceptively marketing breakfast cereals as healthy when they contain high amounts of sugar
Kashi Mixed Berry Soft Baked Breakfast Bars
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients that are in the filling of Kashi bars
Promotions on Boxes of Eggo Waffles, Pop Tarts, and Kellogg’s Cereals
Bear Naked Granola Fit V’nilla Almond
Kellogg’s Raisin Bran, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Smart Start, and Nutri-Grain Bars
Keebler Graham Cracker Products
Cheez-It Whole Grain Crackers
Kellogg’s Nutrigrain Soft Baked Breakfast Bars and Cracklin’ Oat Bran Cereal
Gardenburgers
Kashi
Kashi’s All Natural Claims
Kellogg’s® Special K® Fruit & Yogurt Cereal
Kashi Brand Products
Kashi Food Products and More
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