Contains Too Little of Featured Ingredients

International Delight “Coffee Creamer” Does Not Contain Cream Class Action

International Delight French vanilla coffee whitener, made by Danone North American Public Benefit Corporation, is labeled as a “Coffee Creamer” and as being “Delightfully Creamy.” But the complaint for this class action alleges that these representations are misleading, because the product contains palm oil and very little of any kind of milk product.  Read more

Perfect Bar Snacks Amount of Protein in a Serving Class Action

Perfect Bar, LLC labels its snack products as containing specific amounts of protein, such as “15g Protein” on its Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Perfect Bar. But the complaint claims that the bars do not provide the amount of protein advertised on the labels, and that Perfect Bar avoids admitting this fact by not providing  Read more

Equate 4% Lidocaine Patches Don’t Stay On Class Action

This class action takes issue with Walmart’s Equate brand Lidocaine Pain-Relieving Patches, alleging the company’s marketing and sales practice for these products are “deceptive and misleading.” The complaint alleges that the patches fall off customers’ bodies long before the advertised “twelve hours” and therefore are not “stay-put” patches, and that they do not deliver “maximum  Read more

Birch Bender Pancake Mix Amounts of Usable Protein California Class Action

Certain of the pancake and waffle mixes offered by Birch Benders, LLC are labeled as being with the specific amounts of protein they purport to contain, for example, “10g Protein.” But the complaint for this class action alleges that these amounts of protein are misleading, because they are not calculated according to the protein’s PDCAAS  Read more

GFB “Protein Packed” Gluten Free Bites Have Too Little Protein Class Action

What does a product need to do to qualify as being “protein packed”? This class action brings suit against West Thomas Partners, LLC, which does business as GFB, for labeling its GFB Gluten Free Bites as being “Protein Packed.” The complaint alleges that the product is not actually high in protein.  Read more

Gourmet Nut “Protein Packed” Trail Mix Not Enough Protein Class Action

At issue in this class action is a Protein Packed Trail Mix made by Gourmet Nut, Inc. The complaint alleges that Gourmet Nut’s marketing touts the value of protein and labels its trail mix as being “protein packed,” but the complaint claims that the product is actually not high in protein and that the Nutrition  Read more

Little Real Cheese in Totino’s Frozen Pizza Rolls Class Action

General Mills Sales, Inc. makes Totino’s frozen cheese pizza rolls. The complaint for this class action alleges that the representations on the box are false, deceptive, and misleading because they “cause consumers to expect the Product contains a non-de minimis amount of ingredients associated with pizza, such as cheese” while “the cheese used is almost  Read more

Earth Balance Spread “Made with Olive Oil” Claim Class Action

This class action concerns butter-like “spreads,” specifically Earth Balance brand vegetable oil spread, from Pinnacle Foods, Inc., which is advertised as being “Made with Olive Oil.” The complaint alleges that the representation “Made with Olive Oil” is misleading because the product does not contain the amount of olive oil that it leads consumers to expect.  Read more

Too Little Olive Oil in Hellmann’s Mayonnaise “With Olive Oil” Class Action

Unilever United States, Inc. offers a product under the Hellmann’s brand that purports to be a mayonnaise dressing “With Olive Oil.” But the complaint for this class action alleges that the product name and advertising leads consumers to expect the product to contain more olive oil than it does.  Read more

Omega-3s in 365 Whole Foods 100% Wild-Caught Fish Oil Softgels Class Action

Whole Foods Market, Inc. offers a 365 Whole Foods Market 100% Wild-Caught Fish Oil softgel supplement, the label of which says, “Omega-3s EPA & DHA 1000mg Per Serving.” However, the complaint for this class action alleges that the softgels contain only 300mg of Omega-3s.  Read more