January 20, 2012
Ferrero USA Inc. on Thursday agreed to pay consumers $550,000 and make changes to the labeling and advertising of its chocolate hazelnut spread Nutella to settle a class action claiming that it misleadingly promoted the product as nutritious despite its high levels of fat and sugar.
November 15, 2011
A California federal judge on Monday certified a statewide class of plaintiffs in a suit accusing Ferrero USA Inc. of misleadingly promoting its hazelnut spread Nutella as a healthy breakfast for children even though it contains high levels of fat and sugar.
August 30, 2011
A California federal judge refused Monday to dismiss a proposed class action accusing Ferrero USA Inc. of promoting its spread Nutella as a healthy breakfast for children even though it contains high levels of obesity-causing fat and processed sugar.
July 01, 2011
A California federal judge on Thursday largely upheld a putative consumer class action accusing Ferrero USA Inc. of falsely marketing its popular Nutella spread as healthy for children, cutting claims involving Internet marketing but letting others stand.
May 11, 2011
A California federal judge on Wednesday denied Nutella maker Ferrero USA Inc.'s bid to transfer to New Jersey federal court a putative consumer class action claiming the company falsely marketed its popular spread as healthy for children.
February 02, 2011
The maker of Nutella has been hit with a putative consumer class action claiming the company deceptively markets the hazelnut spread as nutritious despite high levels of saturated fat and processed sugars.