Puffery – A Marketer’s Right To Lie

Ads can legally lie to you as long as the lie is so obvious an exaggeration that you know not to take it seriously.

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2025

Looking back at our accomplishments

Kashi Ripe Strawberry Soft Baked Breakfast Bars

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the ingredients in bars

Hy-Vee Instant Oatmeals

Voortman Cookie Wafers

Texas SuperFood

Everything’s bigger in Texas – including misleading health claims.

Neuriva’s ‘Clinically Proven’ Ingredients Claims

Memory supplement’s “clinically proven” ingredients claims fall apart upon closer inspection of supporting ingredient studies.

FreshWorks Produce Savers

Keeping produce “nearly as fresh as the day it was picked.” Well, one type of produce anyway.

Gerber Graduates Puffs and Gerber Graduates Organic Puffs

Made in USA Misrepresentations

Publix Toaster Pastries

KIND Bars

Balance of Nature

Off-balance testimonials abound on supplement site, as NAD refers health claims to the FTC.

Izze Sodas

T.G.I. Friday’s Cheddar and Bacon Chips

One key ingredient appears to be missing from these chips and it’s not cheddar.

Various Kind Snack Bars

How TINA.org Readers Ruled in 2014

Reader submissions flagging deceptive advertising helped TINA.org have a great year.

Lanham Act Gets A Makeover

It took more than 12 years of litigation between Lexmark International and Static Control Components over toner and toner cartridges for the U.S. Supreme Court to quote these profound words…

Greens and Whole Foods Supplements

ConsumerLab.com has published results of its quality tests of greens and whole foods powders and pills. Supplements marketed with these terms typically contain chlorophyll-containing leaves, sprouts, algae, vegetables and fruits, herbs,…

I Was Desperate for a Job, But Not This One

The opportunity of a lifetime? Not so much.