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Consumer Alleges Whole Grain Saltine Crackers Mislead Consumers

A New York woman has filed a putative class action alleging Mondelez Global LLC's Nabisco Whole Grain Premium Saltine Crackers' “whole grain” labeling is misleading because the main flour ingredient is non-whole grain enriched flour. Ransom v. Mondelez Global LLC, No. 24-6216 (S.D.N.Y., filed August 16, 2024). The plaintiff asserts that the product’s labeling falsely implies that whole grain flour is the primary flour ingredient, while the amount of whole grain flour in the products is “de minimis or negligible.” 

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