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Man suing Krispy Kreme because fruit filling isn't real fruit

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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. is being sued for false advertising in federal court, accused of selling blueberry, maple and raspberry-filled doughnuts that don’t contain any real fruit or maple syrup.

The lawsuit was filed Nov. 9 in the Central District of California by a law firm — Faruqi & Faruqi LLP — that specializes in consumer class-action cases.

The Winston-Salem company has not filed a response to the complaint by Jason Saidian, which contains 10 allegations. Krispy Kreme declined to comment, citing pending litigation.

Saidian is a resident of Los Angeles County who bought the doughnuts in 2015.

What moves the lawsuit from being considered as potentially frivolous is that California law has a low bar for proving violations of business and professions code as well as false advertising and breach of contract. The complaint also seeks national class-action status.

The plaintiff is requesting at least $5 million in damages as well as disgorging of profits made from the products.
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Also says the guy bought the raspberry doughnuts specifically for their nutritional qualities: "Raspberries “are a rich source of Vitamin C, Vitamin K, potassium and dietary fiber ... and help fight against cancer, heart and circulatory disease, and age-related decline."
 
I'm a big fan of truth in marketing. If it's not real fruit, they should be required to say so. If it takes a lawsuit, so be it.
 
the ingredient list on the raspberry donut does show raspberries.

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bym051d said:
I'm a big fan of truth in marketing. If it's not real fruit, they should be required to say so. If it takes a lawsuit, so be it.
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Where do you stand on Fruit of the Loom?
 
RollTheQuad06 said:
the ingredient list on the raspberry donut does show raspberries.

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I mean yeah, but when you walk into the store you don't see the ingredient list. You see the menu that says "Glazed Raspberry Filled Donut." It seems like a pretty strong argument that a consumer shouldn't be expected to check the ingredient list of everything that they buy to make sure what the menu says is in there is actually in there
 
MysteryMen said:
I mean yeah, but when you walk into the store you don't see the ingredient list. You see the menu that says "Glazed Raspberry Filled Donut." It seems like a pretty strong argument that a consumer shouldn't be expected to check the ingredient list of everything that they buy to make sure what the menu says is in there is actually in there
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So what should it say - "glazed raspberry-flavored jelly filled donut"? Nobody expects it's actually full of actual whole berries, right? I can't be sure the ingredient list is what they actually serve, but it says that raspberries do comprise part of the filling.
 
RollTheQuad06 said:
So what should it say - "glazed raspberry-flavored jelly filled donut"? Nobody expects it's actually full of actual whole berries, right? I can't be sure the ingredient list is what they actually serve, but it says that raspberries do comprise part of the filling.
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you don't think it's weird to live in a world where the correct assumption is "oh, that has no real fruit in it"
 
If you don't go into the process of eating a KK doughnut with the assumption that it is pretty much going to be 100% bad for you, then that is on you.
 
ImTheCaptain said:
you don't think it's weird to live in a world where the correct assumption is "oh, that has no real fruit in it"
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I think that in the case of the raspberry one, according to the ingredients, it does contain real fruit. It is absurd to assume a donut is a health food and full of 100% real raspberries without other ingredients. If there was indeed no actual fruit whatsoever, then it is misleading advertising; there should be an asterisk or something indicating "raspberry flavored."

I'm a fan of "processed cheese food"... I'm cool with artificial things. Not cool with someone suing for $5 million because a donut wasn't sufficient as a fruit/vitamin source. Maybe KK should give him a pint of real raspberries, pint of real blueberries, small bottle of real maple syrup, and a dozen original glazed. Tell him to have fun.
 
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