SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Kyle Banta Yoshida, Anthony Mancuso and Ashley Mistler filed a federal class action complaint on Dec. 7 in the Northern District Court of California against Campbell Soup Company over nutrition claims.
According to the lawsuit, Campbell's manufactures, produces, distributes, markets and sells a line of V8 brand juices called “Fruit and Vegetable Blends” that is marketed to be healthy, claims to "boost your morning nutrition" while containing "healthy greens." The class action alleges this is a false representation of the juice blends due to the sugar content, which increases the risk of metabolic disease, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes. and liver disease.
Furthermore, Plaintiffs claim that consumers would not spend the money and purchase such products had the products not been misrepresented.
Plaintiffs are represented by Paul K. Joseph of Fitzgerald Joseph, LLP in San Diego.
Northern District Court of California case number 3:21-cv-09458-TSH