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Clover Valley Honey Graham Cracker Class Action Clover Valley Honey Graham Cracker Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients in Clover Valley Honey Graham Crackers
Country Crock Almond Oil Plant Butter Class Action Country Crock Almond Oil Plant Butter Allegations: Misleadingly marketing butter as made with almond oil when the ingredients list shows that it contains more palm fruit, palm kernel, and canola oils than almond oil
FDA Sends Amazon a Warning Letter Ad Alert FDA Sends Amazon a Warning Letter At issue is company’s distribution of products illegally marketed as drugs.
White Claw Natural Lime Hard Seltzer Class Action White Claw Natural Lime Hard Seltzer Allegations: Misleadingly marketing beverages as containing lime when the ingredients list does not include a lime ingredient but rather shows the beverages contain “natural flavors”
Kroger French Vanilla Coffee Creamer Class Action Kroger French Vanilla Coffee Creamer Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as if they contain dairy ingredients when the ingredients list shows water and soybean oil are substituted for dairy ingredients and the only dairy ingredient is…
Apartments.com: ‘The Most Popular Place to Find a Place’? Ad Alert Apartments.com: ‘The Most Popular Place to Find a Place’? Company agrees to drop tag line.
Dial Complete ‘Fragrance Free’ Hand Wash Ad Alert Dial Complete ‘Fragrance Free’ Hand Wash How can a “fragrance free” product contain fragrance?
Mrs. Smith’s Apple Pie Class Action Mrs. Smith’s Apple Pie Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that pie is “made with real butter” when the ingredients list reveals it contains more palm oil than butter
Princeton Review’s ‘SAT 1400+ Guaranteed*’ Test Prep Program Ad Alert Princeton Review’s ‘SAT 1400+ Guaranteed*’ Test Prep Program Note the asterisk.
Williams-Sonoma’s Halloween Slice & Bake Cookies Ad Alert Williams-Sonoma’s Halloween Slice & Bake Cookies Some colorful ingredients undermine specialty retailer’s “all-natural” claim.
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Breyers Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Class Action Breyers Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as mint ice cream when the ingredients list does not identify any mint ingredients
Nonni’s Limone Biscotti Cookies Class Action Nonni’s Limone Biscotti Cookies Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the main flavoring ingredient is lemon when the ingredients list does not include a lemon ingredient
Orville Redenbacher’s Naturals Gourmet Popping Corn Class Action Orville Redenbacher’s Naturals Gourmet Popping Corn Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as natural and containing “only real ingredients” when the ingredient list reveals they contain artificial ingredients
Trident Original Flavor Gum Class Action Trident Original Flavor Gum Allegations: Misleadingly including an image of a blue peppermint leaf on the packaging when the ingredients list reveals the gum does not contain any mint or peppermint ingredients and the…
Polaner All Fruit Spreadable Fruit Class Action Polaner All Fruit Spreadable Fruit Allegations: Falsely marketing products as “All Fruit” when the ingredients list reveals they contain other ingredients, including citric acid and natural flavor
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu – Honey Lemon Zest Class Action Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu – Honey Lemon Zest Allegations: Misleadingly claiming that products contain honey and lemon zest when the ingredients list reveals they don’t contain either Misleadingly marketing products as being for “severe cold & flu” when…
Dos Equis Classic Lime Ranch Water Class Action Dos Equis Classic Lime Ranch Water Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients in Dos Equis Ranch Water
Luden’s Wild Cherry Lozenges Class Action Luden’s Wild Cherry Lozenges Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as cherry when the ingredients list shows they do not contain any cherry ingredients