
Pringles® Salt and Vinegar Chips
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as containing “No Artificial Flavors”
In December 2018, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Kellogg Co. for allegedly misleadingly marketing Kellogg’s Strawberry Nutrigrain Soft Baked Breakfast Bars and Kellogg’s Cracklin’ Oat Bran oat cereal as healthy when, according to plaintiffs, the products contain glyphosate, which is allegedly a carcinogen. (Kien et al v. Kellogg Co., Case No. 18-cv-2759, S. D. CA.)
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as containing “No Artificial Flavors”
Allegations: Misleadingly including strawberries in photographs on the front of cereal boxes when the products don’t contain any strawberries
Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled packaging
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients in bars
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as “veggie”
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing ingredients in crackers
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 bars as “Cranberry Almond”
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the filling as strawberry when it contains significant amounts of other fruits in addition to strawberries
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
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the only fruit ingredient is strawberries
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients used in the fruit filling and as the primary sweetener in products
Allegations: Failing to disclose chips contain harmful ingredients and misleadingly marketing chips as containing evaporated cane juice when they actually contain sugar
Allegations: Deceptively marketing breakfast cereals as healthy when they contain high amounts of sugar
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients that are in the filling of Kashi bars
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