Current Class Action Lawsuits

Fruit Roll-Ups Class Action

Well if you are interested in the world of class action lawsuits you may be delighted to learn about the fruit roll-ups class action announced this week.  General Mills is apparently facing a lawsuit over the marketing of its fruit snack.  They are a fun snack for kids but nobody ever considered these sugary treats to be healthy.  General Mills apparently tried to catch some people unawares when they began putting healthy-ish messages on the packaging of their notoriously fun fruit snack.  Turns out they should have left well enough alone on the popular snack that’s been around for decades because that is precisely what prompted the fruit roll-ups class action.

With words like “naturally flavored,”  or  “a good source of Vitamin C” and also “low fat”.  Well yes they are low fat but so is a spoonful of pure sugar!  And you can pump artificial vitamins into any food.  The fruit roll-ups class action alleges that General Mills is implying that the fruit roll-ups are healthier snacks and therefore should cost more.   A consumer protection agency found that the General Mills product actually contained high fructose corn syrup and trans fats, according to details of the fruit roll-ups class action.