
Kashi Ripe Strawberry Soft Baked Breakfast Bars
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients in bars
September 2015: This action was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled. as a result of a settlement agreement reached in other a similar lawsuit, Garcia v. Kashi.
March 2015: A false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against Kashi. Specifically, the plaintiffs claim that the company falsely labels various products – including Almond Soft-Baked Cereal Squares, Apple Cobbler Soft and Chewy Bars, Berry Blossoms Cereal, TLC Roasted Garlic & Thyme Party Crackers, TLC Pumpkin Spice Flax Crunchy Granola Bars, and Heart to Heart Toasted Oat Cereal – as “all Natural” or containing “Nothing Artificial” when they actually contain synthetic and artificial ingredients. (Hun et al v. Kashi Company, Case No. 15-cv-1391, E. D. NY.)
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For more information about the use of “all natural” claims and TINA.org’s coverage of the issue, click here.
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients in bars
Allegations: Cereals contain less protein than advertised
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as “Made With Wildflower Honey” when honey is not the predominant sweetening ingredient
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients in breakfast bars
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients used in the fruit filling and as the primary sweetener in products
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients that are in the filling of Kashi bars
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