Tag: candy
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Slack-Fill Suit Targets Sour Patch Kids
A consumer has filed a putative class action against Mondelez International Inc., maker of Sour Patch Kids, alleging the company sells 28 pieces of candy in a non-transparent cardboard package capable of holding 50 pieces. Izquierdo v. Mondelez Int’l Inc., No. 16-4697 (S.D.N.Y., filed June 20, 2016). The complaint asserts that Mondelez intentionally sells Sour…
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Confectioners Join Advertising Initiative Modeled after CFBAI
The Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) and the National Confectioners Association have announced the Children’s Confection Advertising Initiative (CCAI), “a new self-regulatory initiative that promotes responsible advertising to children.” Modeled after the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), which includes six major confectioners, CCAI asks participating companies not to advertise to children younger…
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Proposed Class Action Challenges Welch’s Fruit Snacks Health Claims
Two consumers have reportedly filed a putative class action against Welch Foods, Inc. and Promotion in Motion Cos. alleging their Welch’s fruit snacks products are deceptively advertised as providing vitamins and nutrients despite being “no more healthful than candy.” Atik v. Welch Foods, Inc., No. 15-5405 (E.D.N.Y., filed September 18, 2015). Welch’s packaging advertises its…
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Lindt Prevails over Haribo in Gold Bear Battle
Germany’s highest court has ruled that Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli did not violate German confectioner Haribo’s trademark “Gold Bear” when it began selling a chocolate bear wrapped in gold foil in 2011. Haribo has produced Gold-Bear® gummy bears for several decades, which are sold in gold packages featuring a yellow bear wearing a red…
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Rudd Center Claims Food and Beverage Marketing Targets Black and Hispanic Youth
The University of Connecticut Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity has issued a report claiming that food companies “disproportionately target their TV advertising for fast food, candy, sugary drink and snack brands to black and Hispanic consumers.” Focusing on restaurant, food and beverage companies that spent at least $100 million on advertising in 2013…
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Hershey Escapes Chocolate Labeling Suit
A California federal court has granted Hershey’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit originally alleging that the company mislabels its Kisses®, cocoa products and Ice Breakers® mints with respect to healthy diet claims, sugar-free claims, serving sizes, and the content of antioxidants, nutrients, vanillin, and polyglycerol polyricinoleic acid. Khasin v. The Hershey Co., No. 12-1862…
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Groups Urge FTC to Investigate Ring Pop Maker for Alleged COPPA Violations
Ten consumer organizations, including the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, have filed a Request for Investigation with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Topps Co., maker of Ring Pops, violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by encouraging children younger than age…
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Court Denies Molasses Supplier Dismissal in Tainted Licorice Case
A California federal court has rejected in part and granted in part Total Sweeteners Inc.’s motion for summary judgment in a case alleging that the molasses supplier sold American Licorice Co. shipments tainted with lead that American Licorice then used to create Red Vines black licorice candy, resulting in a costly recall. Am. Licorice Co.…