Lawsuit Accuses Kellogg of Faking “All Natural” Products

[The Straight Story]

Lawsuit Accuses Kellogg of Faking “All Natural” Products

Kellogg, the world’s largest cereal company, is under fire again for allegedly selling healthy breakfast food that is anything but. In one case, a “natural” product was produced almost entirely with synthetic ingredients.

In a federal class-action lawsuit, Kellogg and its subsidiary Kashi are accused of labeling “all natural” products that contain “hazardous” substances. The ingredients also constitute a violation of what Kashi and the Food and Drug Administration consider “natural,” according to the litigation.

“For example, Kashi’s so-called ‘All Natural’ GoLean Shakes are composed almost entirely of synthetic and unnaturally processed ingredients, including sodium molybdate, phytonadione, sodium selenite, magnesium phosphate, niacinamide, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamin hydrochloride, potassium iodide, and other substances that have been declared to be synthetic substances by federal regulations,” the complaint states.

Kashi has stopped marketing GoLean Shakes.

Prior to the lawsuit, the Federal Trade Commission twice went after Kellogg for claiming without justification that Rice Krispies boost the immune systems of children and for saying Frosted Mini-Wheats was “clinically shown to improve kids’ attentiveness by nearly 20%.”

http://www.allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Lawsuit_Accuses_Kellogg_of_Faking_All_Natural_Products_110831

[YellowRubberDuckie]

1. Well, first of all....

are those words All Natural at all regulated? I know for a fact ORGANIC isn't.

[DontTreadOnMe]

2. We need to get rid of the FDA!

So the job creators can start creating jobs! All these regulations are job killers!

oh shit... I think I just felt the ghost of Eric Cantor typing in my fingers...

[robdogbucky]

3. Not a good month for the Kellogg's PR or legal departments:

Kellogg Asks Mayan Group To Reconsider Toucan Sam-Like Logo (VIDEO)


SAN FRANCISCO -- Kellogg Co. is asking a group working to defend Mayan culture to reconsider its logo, saying consumers can confuse it with Toucan Sam, the mascot of its Froot Loops cereal.

An attorney for the world's largest cereal maker has sent a letter to the nonprofit Maya Archaeology Initiative saying Kellogg opposes the group's bid to trademark its logo. The attorney suggests a settlement that would limit the group's use of the image.

The Maya Archaeology Initiative, based in San Ramon, says there is little similarity. It says its logo is based upon a realistic toucan native to Mesoamerica, while Toucan Sam is a cartoon character with the coloring of Froot Loops.

The organization says that it hopes can resolve the matter with Kellogg, which is based in Battle Creek, Mich...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/23/toucan-sam-mayan-kelogg-culture-logo_n_933954.html


Don't forget to read the comments at the end. There was also a poll taken in the Detroit Free Press about this. It wasn't pretty for Kellogg's.





Check out their website at:

http://mayaarchaeology.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95:youhelp&catid=34&Itemid=195



These people do good work down there.






Just my dos centavos


robedogbucky

[TheMadMonk]

4. Remember the old five vitamins and iron. That's them more or less.

Anyone who believes the superficial packaging has only themselves to blame.

99% fat free and 25% sugar are NOT incompatible.