Tag: yogurt
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Yogurt Sugar Content and “Non-GMO” Almond Milk Labels Challenged
Whole Foods Market Inc. is the target of two new putative nationwide class actions, one filed in a Texas federal court regarding the amount of sugar in the company’s plain Greek yogurt and the other filed in a California state court over alleged false advertising and sales of Blue Diamond almond milk products with a…
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ECJ Suits Stayed Awaiting FDA Guidance
A California federal court has granted a motion for reconsideration in a case alleging that Wallaby Yogurt Co. includes “evaporated cane juice” (ECJ) on its ingredient lists rather than what plaintiffs allege is the more common name, sugar. Morgan v. Wallaby Yogurt Co., No. 13-296 (N.D. Cal, order entered November 5, 2014). Wallaby had moved…
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Ad Watchdog Calls on Chobani to Discontinue “Farmland” Commercials
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ Advertising Self-Regulatory Council (ASRC) has recommended that Chobani, Inc. cease airing what it called “Farmland” commercials, “the centerpiece of the company’s campaign to promote its ‘Simply 100’ Greek yogurt.” A rival yogurt company challenged a number of Chobani TV ads that “featured two…
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Whole Foods Hit with Second Lawsuit Based on Consumer Reports’ Yogurt Findings
Echoing a putative class action filed in Massachusetts federal court on August 1, 2014, a plaintiff has filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods Market in Pennsylvania state court accusing the retailer of mislabeling its 365 Everyday Value yogurt’s sugar content as 2 grams despite containing 11.4 grams, according to test results published in the July…
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Putative Class Action Accuses Whole Foods of Greek Yogurt Sugar Content Mislabeling
A plaintiff has alleged in Massachusetts federal court that Whole Foods Market mislabels its 365 Everyday Value Plain Greek Yogurt as containing 2 grams of sugar per serving despite Consumer Reports tests showing that a serving of the product contains an average of more than 11 grams of sugar. Knox v. Whole Foods Market, No.…
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Chobani Loses Final UK Appeal in “Greek” Yogurt Dispute
The U.K. Supreme Court has reportedly refused to consider the appeal filed by Chobani Inc. from an appeals court order dismissing its appeal of a permanent injunction prohibiting the company from designating its U.S.-made yogurt as “Greek” yogurt. Additional details about the January 2014 appeals court ruling appear in Issue 511 of this Update. According…
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Study Targets Purported Dangers of Yogurt Mold
Duke University researchers have reportedly identified a “highly pathogenic mold” in recalled yogurt samples, raising questions about the human health implications of fungal pathogens such as Mucor circinelloides. Soo Chan Lee, et al., “Analysis of a foodborne fungal pathogen outbreak: virulence and genome of a Mucor circinelloides isolate from yogurt,” mBio, July 2014. After isolating…
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Putative Class Actions Filed Against Chobani and Fage for Alleged Deceptive Labeling
A pair of plaintiffs has filed putative class actions against Chobani LLC and Fage Dairy Processing SA in New York federal court claiming that the yogurt producers deceptively marketed yogurt as healthy despite its high sugar content. Stoltz v. Chobani LLC, No. 1:14-cv-3827 (E.D.N.Y., filed June 19, 2014); Stoltz v. Fage Dairy Processing SA, No.…