The complaint, which was filed on behalf of a 14-year-old New York state girl diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, states that the companies have falsely promoted the syrup as “natural.” In particular, the plaintiff — the girl’s parent — points to a $30 million advertising campaign by the companies called “Sweet Surprise” that attempts to recast the ingredient as “natural, nutritionally the same as table sugar and has the same number of calories.”
Posted on: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:12:48 +0000
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