Fruit Roll-Ups NOT Nutritious, Lawsuit Alleges

A class-action lawsuit filed by a Brooklyn woman could turn your whole world upside down! Payton McClure, who is described in court papers as a "life-long consumer" of Fruit Roll-Ups, is suing General Mills because she says the packaging on the popular "fruit" snack is misleading. For instance, while you may be under the impression the product is "nutritious," "healthy to consume," "naturally flavored," "low fat," and "a good source of Vitamin C," it turns out Fruit Roll-Ups are not specifically too good for you.

"Unfortunately for consumers and, including children, all these claims are false and misleading," the $5 million suit, filed in Manhattan Federal Court, alleges. According to Reuters, the complaint seeks class-action status on behalf of purchasers of the fruit snacks, which contain the dreaded partially hydrogenated oil. Are you a life-long consumer of Fruit Roll-Ups, Fruit by the Foot and Fruit Gushers? Wow, so are we—breakfast, lunch, and dinner! And it's going to take a lot of money for General Mills to make up for this shocking betrayal; we've been sourcing our fruit from these delicious products since the '80s, when this classic commercial first deceived us:

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By John Del Signore in Food on June 30, 2010 12:29 PM

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Danielle

This just show's how dumb people are to sue over something that you can control for your self if you been a life long consumer than you should know that they are not healthy.

kewesaba

I think he should sue his mother, for making him fat and stupid. lol

kewesaba

i meant she should sue her mother for making her fat and stupid!!!

ydna920

u may be under the impression that college-educated people r honest and respectable people. but we all know that is not the case. LOL

MurphyG

What an idiot! Who really thought that those sugary snacks were healthy? I have one for her...tell her to compare the amount of sugar in a candy bar and a regular yogurt! She'll be suprised to know whick has more sugar. The junk or the "healthy" treat.

Chris

Are you kidding me? Read the box dumbass. Here kids, breakfast, some nutritious fruit roll ups!! Look how fat mommies ass is from eating these over the years. Throw the lawsuit out. Tax payers can not cover dumbasses in this world.

OnDaFlipSide

Well, at least it's using the right dyes (Red#40) and not some ground up bugs. It's actually coal based (not sure which is better).

http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/bugjuice.asp

Reflect

Yea thanks for the bugs Dannon yougurt good thing im abrest of HFCS too and switched to Chobani tastes way better too. Good thing i hate candy and only baked goods from bakerys.

Monica

Calm down Erin Brockovich... class action law suits are for people with a CAUSE, not dumbasses who can't read the fine print on a box. Anyone who ACTUALLY thought that Fruit Rolls ups are nutritious for you, doesn't need to reproduce.

Chris

Atta Girl!

inoyourider

What a dumb piece of shit.

Stop wasting our time Mrs. McClure.

RoboticInsides

Who can I sue for making it more expensive for me to buy fresh fruits and vegetables than over-processed junk? Mega corn farm complexes? US Dept. of Agriculture? Who? Who?

l3iodeez

All of the above. Both parties are so complicit in the corn economy that they can't even talk about it. Ever notice how agricultural policy NEVER gets raised by ANYONE? Its because anyone who looks at the issue can plainly see how corrupt our current system is.

So please, sue all of them, its your right, your duty, I will join your class action.

Every case of heart disease is a potential wrongful death suit!

em

Sadly, the Obama administration missed a huge opportunity by ignoring agriculture policy as it relates to the healthcare bill. I don't think they'll ever be real progress in healthcare in this country until our totally f'd up farm policies change.

weenie

I'd like to see how larger her toddler is and question him on how many Fruit Roll-Ups® mommy let him have during lunch and after school. somebody call the Portion Control Police!!!! p.s. strawberry is my favorite flavor :)

poormansversion

Can there be some sort of test that determines whether people can procreate?

And can we name this test after Payton McCLure?

popcornmechanic

Interesting.

From what I remember "Low fat," "Good source of Vitamin C," etc. are all phrases that require very specific FDA guidelines be met in order for the manufacturer to be able to put it on the packaging. To say that complying with FDA regulations is STILL somehow misleading isn't frivolous, but it's certainly not a winner.

ANGRYGOD11

There is no fat in sugar.

Just spray it with ascorbic acid and you will have a no-fat source of vitamin C.

Yummy!

longacre

FDA guidelines are a bit ambiguous. There are rules for the phrases you mention, but there are no rules for warning people about other attributes of the same product. For example, some products labeled "low fat" are actually higher in calories than the "regular fat" version, but they don't have to warn customers of that.

wobbleSmith

the logic in play here seems to be "people read the front of the box, but couldn't be bothered to read the back. give us money."

i think we should start punishing those who bring frivolous lawsuits. possibly with death.