Watch this video as I share with you what I learned about a most recent lawsuit involving Pop-Tarts. There’s a lady who believes damages of over $5 million are due because the boxes for pop-tarts may be misleading and there simply isn’t enough strawberry or actual fruit for that matter in the pastries known as Strawberry pop-tarts! Do you think this is a frivolous pop tart lawsuit or does this pop tarts lawsuit have some merit?
Elizabeth Russett is behind a pop tarts lawsuit seeking damages claiming strawberry Pop-Tarts don’t contain enough strawberries and the labeling which displays prominently the word STRAWBERRY is misleading. This reminded me of how fruit juice cocktails and fruit juice blends are often mostly grape juice.
Pop-Tarts offers two varieties of their strawberry-filled pastries, frosted and unfrosted.
What is strawberry pop-tarts filling made out of? Well, these are the strawberry pop-tarts ingredients (frosted):
‘ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN B1 [THIAMIN MONONITRATE], VITAMIN B2 [RIBOFLAVIN], FOLIC ACID), CORN SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DEXTROSE, SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL (WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS), SUGAR, CRACKER MEAL, CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF WHEAT STARCH, SALT, DRIED STRAWBERRIES, DRIED PEARS, DRIED APPLES, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CITRIC ACID, MILLED CORN, GELATIN, SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CARAMEL COLOR, SOY LECITHIN, XANTHAN GUM, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, RED 40, NIACINAMIDE, REDUCED IRON, COLOR ADDED, TURMERIC EXTRACT, VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), YELLOW 6, VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE), BLUE 1.’
Do you think this litigation has legs? If damages are awarded, will you try to get a piece of the action with this class action lawsuit? Are Pop-Tarts a dessert or a breakfast food to you?