SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A San Diego woman is suing a company that makes plant-based burger patties, claiming they don't contain as much protein as advertised.
Mary Yoon filed a class action against Beyond Meat June 10 in San Diego federal court. She is represented by lawyers at Bursor & Fisher who took issue without labels that said the patties have 20 grams of plant protein per serving and a daily protein value of 40%.
They actually have 18 grams of protein, the suit says.
"Ms. Yoon would not have purchased the patties if she had known at the time the labeling was false," the suit says. "Ms. Yoon overpaid for the products as a result of the false labeling."
The case, which can be read here, goes on to explain the lawyers' methodology for determining the patties have two less grams of protein than advertised. The company didn't take into account "protein quality value" or "protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score," the suit says.