Forbidden Fruit Swimwear

Fruit Gushers

Fruit Roll-Ups

Fruit By The Foot, Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups and Other Fruit-Flavored Snacks

Allegations: Falsely advertising products as containing no artificial flavors when they contain a synthetic ingredient

Fruit Bliss Organic Fruit Products

January 2018: This action was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed. December 2017: This case…

Kroger’s Just Fruit Spreadable Fruit Products

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that products contain only the fruit identified on the front label when the ingredients list reveals that they contain ore “fruit syrup” than fruit

Welch’s Reduced Sugar Fruit Snacks, Fruit ‘n Yogurt Snacks, and Certain Boxes of Fruit Snacks

Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled packaging

Trader Joe’s Brand Fruit Bars

Class-action complaint alleges whole fruit ingredients don’t tell the whole story.

CATrends: Where’s the Fruit?

How much of the real fruit pictured on the label actually makes it in these products?

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

Sweet Harvest Fruit Cocktail

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as “Fruit Cocktail in 100% Fruit Juice” when the ingredients list shows the fruit comes in a mixture of fruit juice, added water, and a chemical…

Walden Farms Fruit Spreads

Whole fruit pictured on the labels belies the ingredients inside.

Boxes of Welch’s Reduced Sugar Fruit Snacks and Fruit ‘n Yogurt Snacks

Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled packaging

Arizona Fruit Snacks – Mixed Fruit

Allegations: Falsely marketing products as containing “no preservatives” when they contain a preservative

Happy Belly Fruit Bowls and Canned Fruit Products

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that products contain “100% Juice”

Welch’s Fruit Snacks

June 2018: After the Atik case was dismissed, the Hall case was transferred back to a court in New Jersey. (Hall v. Welch Foods, Case No. 18-cv-105000, D.N.J.) October 2017:…

Arnold Palmer Half & Half and Green Tea Fruit Snacks

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that products are “made with real fruit” when they don’t contain any fruit

Kern’s Fruit Beverages

In September 2018, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Stremick’s Heritage Foods for allegedly deceptively advertising its Kern’s fruit beverages as healthful, natural fruit beverages when, according to plaintiffs, they…

Dole Mixed Fruit

October 2017: This case was stayed pending the FDA’s investigation and final decision regarding the proper use of the word “natural.” September 2016: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed…

Where’s the Fruit?

It is not entirely unreasonable to expect “Blueberry Pomegranate” cereal to contain blueberries and pomegranate, fruits high in antioxidants that are all the rage now.  But don’t tell that to…