Chobani must face lawsuit over zero-sugar yogurt claim, US appeals court rules

Lawsuit Against Chobani Over Claim Its Yogurt Has Zero Sugar Will Proceed, Court Rules

A federal appeals court on July 27 revived a case challenging Chobani’s marketing of its yogurt as free of sugar, even though it had allulose, a sweetener. “The federal requirements at issue are plain—food products cannot be labeled sugar free unless they have less than half a gram of sugar, and sugars include every monosaccharide, including allulose,” Circuit Judge Thomas Kirsch wrote for the unanimous panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appea…

Chobani must face lawsuit over zero-sugar yogurt claim, US appeals court rules

By Jonathan Stempel July 28 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court revived a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Chobani of deceiving consumers by falsely advertising some of its Greek-style yogurt as sugar free. • The ​7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...