$5 Million Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Kellogg’s For Lack Of Strawberries In Strawberry Pop Tarts
As the best breakfast (or lunch, or dinner, or dessert) snack food that exists, this is important to me:
A class action lawsuit, filed by Illinois resident Anita Harris in August, alleges the brand’s marketing is “misleading because they give people the impression the fruit filling contains a greater relative and absolute amount of strawberries than it does.” The lawsuit also focuses on the health benefits that come from strawberries, citing a WebMD description stating that strawberries “protect your heart, increase HDL (good) cholesterol, lower your blood pressure and guard against cancer.” The lawsuit seeks at least $5 million.
Harris also alleges the product’s name, “Frosted Strawberry Toaster Pastries,” is “false, misleading, and deceptive” because the Pop-Tart filling contains a “relatively significant amount of non-strawberry fruit ingredients” including pears and apples. The plantiff said she wanted more than a “strawberry taste,” which she nevertheless “failed to receive, due to the relatively greater amount of pears and apples,” according to the lawsuit.
This feels like the kind of petty, meaningless lawsuit I’d file if I had more time, but I’ve been drowning my Strawberry Pop Tarts in vanilla ice cream lately, so I haven’t even noticed the lack of strawberry flavor. (All you can really taste is 100% sugar, which is the goal for anyone mass-producing processed “food” in America.) They’ve always been delicious, but if they adjust the recipe and add more strawberries, it’s possible that they could taste even better?
[CNN: Kellogg’s Customer Files $5 Million Lawsuit Alleging Pop-Tarts Don’t Have Enough Strawberries]
