Posted on 04/27/2021 5:35:38 AM PDT by mylife
A Juneau County woman filed a federal lawsuit Sunday against the company that creates Bagel Bites Pizza Snacks, alleging that the packaging of the product deceives customers because it does not have “real” mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce.
According to the lawsuit filed in federal court, Kaitlyn Huber argues that the packaging of Kraft Heinz Foods Company’s pizza bagel snacks is misleading. She alleges the front label’s emphasis on mozzarella cheese and “REAL” dairy is false because the product does not contain real mozzarella cheese.
She also argues that “reasonable Wisconsin consumers” would expect a product with tomato sauce to only contain tomato ingredients and seasonings, not thickeners.
The lawsuit also states the dairy industry is “more integral to Wisconsin than potatoes are to Idaho and oranges to Florida.” According to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, the dairy industry contributes $45.6 billion to Wisconsin’s economy each year. She notes that the state makes just over a quarter of the nation’s cheese.
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Huber also alleges that the “REAL” dairy seal is misleading, comparing the one used on a Bagel Bites box and a “REAL” Dairy Seal.
The lawsuit was filed as a class-action lawsuit, meaning on behalf of anyone who bought the pizza bagels in the state. The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of monetary damages for consumers, as well as for the company to change its packaging.
NBC15 has reached out to Kraft Heinz Foods Company for comment and will update this story with their response.
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remember oleo? *spit*
When I was a kid, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, it was against the law to sell margarine that had been colored yellow, in Wisconsin. It had to be white, to distinguish it from real butter.
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I’ve popped many a color capsule and squeezed Parkay in
the pouch until it was yellow as butter. Memories of
long ago...
“but since when is it a conservative position to support these kinds of health-nut lawsuits?
We absolutely should be holding these companies accountable. Watch some documentaries on the food industry in this country. When compared to other advanced countries, we are a joke. We have allowed these companies to poison and brainwash us.
Could you imagine tomato sauce on a bagel and frozen, *without* thickeners? Uck.
Exactly. “Gosh, these bagel bites made me fat! I’m suing!”
Yukky stuff. I haven’t bought margarine for decades. “Good” margarine is almost as expensive as butter on sale. I’m not a butter snob; I buy whatever is cheapest. We have a regional group of dairy stores, sometimes their European style butter is 2 pounds for $5. But that’s about the most I have to pay for butter.
I am convinced margarine is evil and causes heart disease
If it’s true they used a fake ‘seal’ and does not have real dairy then I wish her well.
If this is just a money grab frivolous suit, then...
This is not a health nut. Its the dairy lobby attacking a major food producer. mozzarella cheese is a staple here in Wisconsin. We have cheese sticks and Cheese whips made out of pure mozzarella cheese. And I am guessing that Kraft (who makes stuff called “processed cheese food” also called “singles” but not able to be called cheese) has stepped over the line of advertising something as cheese when its not.
Conservatives don’t mind truth in advertising. Its ok to want to know that a product is safe to consume. And that it is what its advertised to be. Obviously this can be taken too far. But Kraft is no friend to conservatives.
I agree. Now, if I would just stop eating treats that are made with the stuff, and its evil twin, “partially hydrogenated oil”.
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