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Aldi’s Emporium Selection Smoked Gouda Deli Sliced Cheese

Aldi’s Emporium Selection Smoked Gouda Deli Sliced Cheese

Allegations: Falsely marketing that cheese gets its flavor from being smoked when the flavor comes from an added ingredient

Sargento Cheeses

Class Action

Sargento Cheeses

Allegations: Falsely marketing cheeses as “natural”

Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese

Class Action

Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese

June 2016: All of these lawsuits (except Brahler) were transferred to multidistrict litigation (MDL) to be heard together. For more information about the MDL, click here. Early 2016: In February, March,…

Market Pantry Parmesan 100% Grated Cheese

Class Action

Market Pantry Parmesan 100% Grated Cheese

June 2016: Both of these cases were transferred to multidistrict litigation (MDL) to be heard with similar cases. For more information about the MDL, click here. March 2016: Two class-action lawsuits…

Essential Everyday 100% Grated Cheese

Class Action

Essential Everyday 100% Grated Cheese

June 2016: This case was transferred to multidistrict litigation (MDL) to be heard with similar lawsuits. To learn more about the MDL, click here. March 2016: A class-action lawsuit was filed…

Totino’s Cheese Pizza Rolls

Class Action

Totino’s Cheese Pizza Rolls

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as pizza when they are made using mostly imitation mozzarella cheese

Kraft Natural Cheese Products

Class Action

Kraft Natural Cheese Products

In July 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against The Kraft Heinz Company for allegedly misleadingly marketing Kraft Natural Cheese Products as natural when, according to the complaint, the milk…

Quarter Pounder® and Double Quarter Pounder® Hamburgers with Cheese

Class Action

Quarter Pounder® and Double Quarter Pounder® Hamburgers with Cheese

A false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against McDonald’s regarding the marketing of its Quarter Pounder® and Double Quarter Pounder® hamburgers. The complaint, which was originally filed in May 2018…

Kroger’s Private Selection Smoked Gouda Sliced Cheese

Class Action

Kroger’s Private Selection Smoked Gouda Sliced Cheese

Allegations: Falsely marketing cheeses as smoked when the smoked flavor comes from an added ingredient

Private Selection Smoked Gouda Cheese

Class Action

Private Selection Smoked Gouda Cheese

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing cheeses as smoked

Great Value 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese

Class Action

Great Value 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese

June 2016: All six of these lawsuits were transferred to multidistrict litigation (MDL) to be heard with similar lawsuits. For more information about the MDL, click here. Early 2016: In…

Lucerne Smoked Gouda Cheese Slices

Class Action

Lucerne Smoked Gouda Cheese Slices

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as “smoked”

McDonald’s Mozzarella Cheese Sticks

Class Action

McDonald’s Mozzarella Cheese Sticks

In January 2016, a class-action lawsuit was filed against McDonald’s for allegedly falsely marketing its Mozzarella Cheese Sticks as being made with “pure mozzarella,” “real mozzarella,” and “100% real cheese”…

Smoked Gouda Artisan Cheeses from Dietz & Watson