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Poppi Beverages
Case Name (Date)
Jackson et al. v. VNGR Beverage LLC
24-cv-6666, N.D. Cal.
(Sept. 2024)
Product/Service
Poppi
Allegations
Falsely marketing products as healthy and providing gut and digestive health benefits when they are sugar-sweetened beverages that are actually harmful to overall health and gut health, and the negligible amount of fiber in them does not provide “any meaningful” gut health benefits
Status
Pending
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