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Kraft Heinz should face lawsuit over Mac & Cheese labels, decide guidelines

Editorial Board Published November 15, 2024
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 ‘Barron’s Roundtable’ affiliate editor Andrew Bary discusses demand within the meals business.

A decide denied Kraft Heinz’s efforts to dismiss a proposed nationwide class motion lawsuit over allegations that its merchandise, marketed as free from preservatives, comprise elements that contradict its labels.

On Wednesday, Decide Mary M. Rowland dominated that the corporate should face the lawsuit filed by customers in Illinois, California and New York. The customers main the case have “have adequately alleged” that Kraft Mac & Cheese merchandise contained an artificial type of citric acid and sodium phosphates though they “were advertised as containing ‘no artificial preservatives’,” Rowland mentioned in court docket paperwork.

The customers additionally alleged that the corporate was “misleading reasonable consumers into believing that the products are free from preservatives,” the court docket paperwork said.

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Containers of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese are seen on show at Superb Meals Basket on Nov. 8, 2021, within the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York Metropolis. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

Particularly, the customers alleged that “that citric acid sodium phosphates function as preservatives.” They cited “scholarly articles describing both Ingredients’ role in preserving food,” in addition to steerage from the Meals and Drug Administration “that describes citric acid as a preservative,” to argue their case. 

“These allegations are enough to withstand a motion to dismiss,” the decide wrote.

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Kraft tried to get the case thrown out, arguing that there was no proof it used synthetic preservatives in its Mac & Cheese merchandise. It additionally argued that almost all customers would think about its elements to be synthetic. 

Kraft’s Macaroni & Cheese in Washington on April 21, 2015. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

Kraft Heinz stands by its labels, telling FOX Enterprise in an announcement Friday that the corporate’s Kraft Macaroni & Cheese “contains no artificial flavors, preservatives, or dyes.” 

“We stand fully behind our product and are proud of its quality. We strongly believe that this lawsuit has no merit and look forward to our day in court,” the corporate mentioned. 

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The decide did rule that the customers couldn’t demand new labels as a result of they’re now conscious of Kraft’s alleged misleading practices and are not in danger.

“Plaintiffs here are clearly aware of Defendants’ allegedly deceptive practices, so they cannot be said to be at risk of future harm from Defendants’ allegedly deceptive practices,” the decide continued. 

Reuters contributed to this report. 

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