( September 29, 2025, 1:32 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge, after a hearing, denied a motion to dismiss a consumer’s putative class action lawsuit accusing a protein shake maker and its parent company of misrepresenting the amounts of protein, sugar and carbohydrates in their protein shakes in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), writing that defense arguments about products the consumer did not purchase can be addressed at the class certification stage....