Fruit Gushers
Allegations: False natural claims
Hayes et al v. General Mills, Inc. et al
19-cv-5626, N.D. Ill.
(Aug. 2019)
Various fruit-flavored snacks, including Fruit by the Foot, Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks, Mott’s, Fiber One, and Sunkist
Falsely advertising products as containing no artificial flavors when they contain a synthetic ingredient (DL-Malic Acid)
Pending
Allegations: False natural claims
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the product as fudge when it lacks ingredients essential in fudge
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