golden butter crackers - pepperidge farm

In that lawsuit, reiterated in the current complaint, consumers claim that “no reasonable consumer expects that when they buy and consume a product which has a deep association with butter, and touts its butter bona-fides on the front and back labels, butter will be present in such a minute quantity. The claims in the lawsuit reverberate what was said in a similar lawsuit against the company in 2018 for their Texas Toast product.

The lawsuit contends that “consumers prefer butter to chemically produced ‘vegetable’ oils when baking for reasons including taste, health and avoidance of highly processed artificial substitutes for butter.”īutter is more expensive than vegetable oil alternatives, hence companies use a combination of the two to cut costs.īecause of this, consumers allege that “the value of the product… was materially less than its value as represented” by Pepperidge Farm. Butter Over Chemically Produced Vegetable OilsĪccording to the class action lawsuit, the branding and packaging deceives, misleads, and defrauds consumers with its labeling and sells and profits from the product at a premium price of $2.64 for 9.75 ounces. NY.Īre you affected by the allegations in this class action lawsuit? Contact us today for help. You can read about the case under the name: Hawa Kamara v. However, the Golden Butter Crackers, manufactured by Connecticut-based Pepperidge Farm, lists vegetable oils, which include canola, sunflower, and/or soybean, in addition to butter as part of its ingredients.

The class action lawsuit alleges that the product prominently displays “butter” in its labeling and should therefore mean that its main shortening ingredient should be butter. Pepperidge Farm is being sued for allegedly misleading consumers with its “Golden Butter” crackers, saying that the snack is falsely labeled. Class Actions Pepperidge Farm Class Action Lawsuit Over Golden Butter Crackersīy Consider The Consumer on Golden Butter Crackers False and Misleading Labeling

Golden butter crackers - pepperidge farm