Tag: butter
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Shortbread Cookies Lack Expected Butter, Consumer Alleges
A plaintiff has alleged that Mondelez Global LLC misleads consumers about the butter content of its Lorna Doone shortbread cookies. Troutt v. Mondelez Global LLC, No. 21-1279 (S.D. Ill., Benton Div., filed October 19, 2021). The plaintiff argues that “the Product’s ingredients are inconsistent with what consumers expect from a food identified as ‘shortbread cookies’” and…
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Plaintiff Challenges Oil Content in “All Butter Pound Cake”
A plaintiff has alleged that he was misled by the packaging on Sara Lee Frozen Bakery’s All Butter Pound Cake because he believed butter to be the only shortening ingredient when the cake actually contained soybean oil as well. Briley v. Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC, No. 20-7276 (S.D.N.Y., filed September 4, 2020). The complaint asserts,…
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Crystal Farms Wins Dismissal of Butter Lawsuit
A New York federal court has granted Crystal Farms Refrigerated Distribution Co.’s motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that the packaging of Diner’s Choice mashed potatoes misleads consumers by featuring “Made with Real Butter” on the front despite containing both butter and margarine. Reyes v. Crystal Farms Refrigerated Distrib. Co., No. 18-2250 (E.D.N.Y.,…
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“Vegan Butter” is not Butter, Plaintiff Argues
A consumer asserts that Miyoko’s Kitchen Inc.’s “vegan butter” misleads consumers into believing the product is “a ‘form’ of butter” despite lacking “any milk or dairy ingredients and the functional, nutritional, sensory and organoleptic attributes which consumers associate with butter.” Brown v. Miyoko’s Kitchen Inc., No. 18-6079 (E.D.N.Y., filed October 30, 2018). The products “bask…
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Seventh Circuit Finds Wisconsin Butter Law Constitutional
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has upheld a Wisconsin law requiring butter sold within the state to bear a grade issued by a Wisconsin-licensed butter grader or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Minerva Dairy Inc. v. Harsdorf, No. 18-1520 (7th Cir., entered October 3, 2018). The Ohio dairy challenging the…
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Lawsuit Challenges Kerrygold Butter’s Made From “Grass-Fed Cows” Claim
A consumer has filed a putative class action alleging Ornua Foods North America misleadingly marketed its Kerrygold butter as produced from grass-fed cows because the cows are fed for part of the year with soy, corn and other grains. Myers-Taylor v. Ornua Foods N. Am., No. 18-1538 (S.D. Cal., filed July 6, 2018). The plaintiff asserts Ornua…
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Mashed Potato Labels Are Misleading, Lawsuit Alleges
A consumer has filed a putative class action alleging the labels for Crystal Farms Refrigerated Distribution Co.’s Diner’s Choice mashed potatoes assert that the products are made with real butter and fresh whole potatoes while the products contain margarine and preservatives. Reyes v. Crystal Farms Refrigerated Distrib. Co., No. 18-2250 (E.D.N.Y., filed April 16, 2018).…
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Wisconsin Federal Court Dismisses Butter-Grading Lawsuit
A federal court has granted summary judgment to Wisconsin in an Ohio dairy’s lawsuit alleging a Wisconsin law requiring butter to be graded by the U. S. Department of Agriculture or a state-licensed grader violated the commerce, due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution. Minerva Dairy, Inc. v. Brancel, No. 17-0299 (W.D. Wis.,…