Nutella VS Naked Juice
Verdict DROP IT DROP IT
The Reality Plaintiffs, including a mother who fed the product to her 4-year-old daughter based on the balanced-breakfast messaging, sued after discovering each serving contained 21 grams of sugar, 200 calories, and 11 grams of fat (3.5 grams saturated). Ferrero settled the resulting class action for $3 million in 2012, agreeing to pay consumers $4 per jar (up to 5 jars each), remove the 'balanced breakfast' phrase from the back label entirely, replace it with 'Turn a balanced breakfast into a tasty one,' and submit future commercials for plaintiff approval before airing. A consolidated class-action lawsuit in California alleged the products contained added synthetic vitamins and other ingredients inconsistent with the 'all natural' and 'non-GMO' labeling, including genetically altered soy in some varieties. PepsiCo settled in 2013 for $9 million while continuing to deny the labels were misleading or false, agreeing to redesign labels to eliminate or modify the specific claims at issue and to stop describing the juices as 'all natural' going forward. Consumers who purchased the products between September 27, 2007, and August 19, 2013, could claim up to $75 with proof of purchase or $45 without.
SHORT ANSWER
Nutella: Ferrero paid $3 million in 2012 to settle a class-action lawsuit and removed the phrase 'balanced breakfast' from Nutella's labeling after plaintiffs pointed out a single serving carries 21 grams of sugar, 200 calories, and 11 grams of fat.
Naked Juice: PepsiCo paid $9 million in 2013 to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging Naked Juice products labeled 'all natural' and 'non-GMO' actually contained genetically altered soy and added synthetic ingredients, and agreed to stop using the 'all natural' claim.