NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Fairlife’s vanilla protein drink uses artificial vanilla, a class action lawsuit alleges.
Filed Sept. 21 by Sheehan & Associates, the case is one of many regarding claims of “natural flavor” and vanilla flavor. It targets Fairlife’s Core Power brand.
“The representations are misleading because the Product contains artificial, non-vanilla flavors not disclosed to consumers and less vanilla than consumers expect,” the suit says.
In vanilla products, the listing of an ingredient “natural flavors,” means a combination of vanilla and non-vanilla flavor known as Vanilla With Other Natural Flavors, the suit says. But that should be classified as an artificial flavor because it modifies a vanilla ingredient, the suit says.