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