Sara Lee All Butter Pound Cake
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing pound cake as made with “all butter” when it contains other shortening ingredients
Sara Lee’s All Butter Pound Cakes
Case Name (Date)
Salouras et al v. Sara Lee Frozen Bakery, LLC
21-cv-2117, N.D. Ill.
(April 2021)
Product/Service
Sara Lee’s All Butter Pound Cake
Allegations
Misleadingly marketing that butter is the only shortening ingredient in the cake when the ingredients list reveals it also contains soybean oil
Status
Voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled.
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Sara Lee All Butter Pound Cake
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that butter is the only shortening ingredient when it’s not
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