– Once in the West Coast and Northeast regional editions of Parade magazine Publishing Schedule of Class Action Announcement Shouldn’t the plaintiff’s lawyers be speaking to as many members of the press as possible in order to increase awareness of the case, so as to maximize the number of people who participate in the settlement?Īs it stands now, the only way consumers will be informed about the details of the settlement is if they were to somehow read an announcement in one of the following media outlets. If lawyers who are supposed to represent the interests of the class action group cannot freely talk to the press about the settlement and cannot have complete freedom to spread information about how consumers can make a claim to the $9 million dollars, it begs the question: whose interests are the plaintiffs’ lawyers truly representing? Any communication would have to contain language that was agreed upon in the settlement or would need prior approval from Naked Juice. The lawyers representing four of the five plaintiffs (Adhoot & Wolfson Glancy Binnkow & Goldberg Finkelstein Thompson Ridout Lyon & Ottoson), who negotiated and signed off on the settlement, agreed to a provision which said that they would not freely communicate with the press in order to publicize the case. THE DETAILS THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT Yet, as one digs deeper into the fine details of this lawsuit settlement, there are some extremely troubling details of which the general public is completely unaware.
It also puts other food manufacturers on serious notice that GMOs are anything but natural and cannot be marketed as such.
Without a question, this is a big, big win for consumers and is a huge step forward for more accurate labeling in the U.S. Since these ingredients are either genetically-engineered or synthetically produced and do not exist in nature, it is completely misleading to consumers for these juices to claim to be “All Natural.”Īs part of the settlement, Naked Juice, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, has agreed to remove the label “All Natural” from all of its juices and to pay a $9 million settlement to the class action group. The primary basis of the lawsuit stemmed from the company’s use of the words “All Natural” on products that contained Archer Daniels Midland’s Fibersol-2 (“a soluble corn fiber that acts as a low-calorie bulking agent”), fructooligosaccharides (an alternative sweetener), other artificial ingredients, such as calcium pantothenate ( synthetically produced from formaldehyde), and genetically-modified soy. So, while you thought it was worth the extra cash to get a healthy beverage instead of that Diet Coke, we’re sorry to tell you that in some ways, the Diet Coke is better.Last week, Naked Juice agreed to settle a very important class action lawsuit which accused the company of deceptive labeling. (Yes, apple juice and orange juice may seem healthy, but they are loaded with sugar and contain little to no fiber to offset the soda-like impact fructose is not your friend.) Also, while there may be “no sugar added,” Naked Juice is packed with sugar, up to 61 grams.
CSPI says that green imagery overwhelms the disclosure.īut, in fact, most of the juice ingredients come from apples and oranges – even though it looks like you’re about to chug an entire garden. Looking at Kale Blazer in particular, the front of the bottle does say “Kale flavored 8 juice blend” but oranges and apples are not shown alongside the greens. Why?Ī new lawsuit is claiming there are misleading labeling and advertising of Naked juices, which seem to be the healthiest way to drink your veggies… but are mostly juices that are sugary and should be consumed sparingly if at all. Maybe you already knew this, and it should come as no surprise, but there are a lot of “healthy juices” out there which are in fact not much healthier than soda. Some of the green juice concoctions that contain health wonders like kale are on the unhealthy list.
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