Class Action

Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookie

Class Action

Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookie


Case Name (Date)

Howze et al. v. Mondelēz Global LLC
22-cv-351, W.D.N.Y.
(May 2022)


Product/Service

Lorna Doone Shortbread cookies


Allegations

Misleadingly marketing cookies as shortbread, which consumers expect to have butter, when the ingredients list reveals the cookies contain vegetable oils (canola oil and palm oil) instead of butter


Status

Pending



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