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Red Bull VS Froot Loops

Red Bull Froot Loops
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The Reality A 2014 class-action lawsuit, filed by plaintiff Benjamin Careathers, alleged these specific performance claims -- improved concentration and reaction speed -- were false advertising, not adequately supported by science. Red Bull settled in August 2014, agreeing to pay more than $13 million and offering any US consumer who purchased Red Bull between January 1, 2002, and October 3, 2014, a choice of $10 cash or $15 worth of Red Bull products. Red Bull did not admit wrongdoing, maintaining its marketing and labeling 'have always been truthful and accurate,' and said it settled to avoid the cost and distraction of continued litigation. The real ingredient list (via Open Food Facts, an independent open database) confirms there is no real fruit, fruit juice, or fruit puree in Froot Loops at all — the fruit flavors come entirely from 'natural flavors' (orange, lemon, blueberry, cherry, grape, lime-lemon flavoring) and the colors from artificial dyes (Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 1), not from any fruit ingredient. Nutritionally, it's 37.5g of sugar per 100g and carries a Nutri-Score of D (poor), the same real database's own quality grade. Separately, federal courts that heard the fruit-content lawsuits ultimately ruled in Kellogg's favor — not because the product contains fruit, but on the narrower legal finding that the invented word 'Froot' (not the real word 'fruit') isn't legally deceptive, since actual fruit doesn't come in loop shapes.
SHORT ANSWER

Red Bull: Red Bull settled a 2014 class-action lawsuit for more than $13 million over claims that the drink improves concentration and reaction speed, offering every US purchaser since 2002 a payout, though the company did not admit the underlying claims were false.

Froot Loops: No — Froot Loops contains no real fruit. Its real, independently verified ingredient list shows the fruit flavors and colors come entirely from natural flavoring and artificial dyes, and it carries a Nutri-Score of D with 37.5g of sugar per 100g.