New York – Man Sues Yoo-Hoo Over Chocolate Drink Advertising

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    New York – A New York man is suing the makers of Yoo-Hoo chocolate-flavored drinks for $5 million, claiming they falsely advertise it as “good for you” when it actually contains unhealthy ingredients.

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    Timothy Dahl, 35, was looking to take the suit nationwide as a class action, the New York Post reported.

    Court papers said the beverage once touted by Yogi Berra as the “drink of champions” actually “contains dangerous, unhealthy, non-nutritious partially hydrogenated oil”.

    Motts, which makes the drink, said it contains “seven vitamins and minerals and no preservatives” – but Mr Dahl claimed in his suit that it “contains virtually no milk and instead is mostly water, sugars, milk by-products and chemicals.”

    “Portraying Yoo-hoo as healthy and nutritious is deceptive and misleading for kids and adults,” the suit claimed.

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    Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which distributes the chocolatey beverage, slammed the suit as nonsense.

    “This is a trivial lawsuit. Yoo-Hoo is a perfectly safe, fun treat for people to enjoy,” said company spokesman Greg Artkop.

    “It’s 99 per cent fat free and despite what the suit claims, contains insignificant amounts of hydrogenated oil. We stand by our product.”


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    As a new parent I was astounded at the poisons sold to our kids. I am not a physician but look at fruit roll ups, look at the ingredients and watch how they are excreted. This stuff is better avoided.
    As for the suit, I would rather expect parents to make rules or theGovernment to enforce some food safety on ingredients. Falso claims should be illegal.

    Aron
    Aron
    13 years ago

    So drink Mayim Chayim Black Cherry soda. It’s Triple Filtered.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    is this suit brought by the same laywer as the Fruit Roll-Ups?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    SUO-YOO!

    WELCOME TO AMERICA!

    Sue whom ever, what ever, when ever YOO can!

    fast and easy way to make a buck.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    There you go again!!! why can’t people just drink plain old fashioned milk & add whatever flavor you wish to it. Then it will be healthy enough. I think everybody should start suing whatever company doesn’t suit him to his taste. Start by the candy companies, the ice cream companies, the pretzel companies. It’s getting crazier by the hour.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Is this the same Yo-Yo from the fruit roll up case??

    My2Cents
    My2Cents
    13 years ago

    STOP ALREADY……Youre really just an idiot if you think for a second that yoohoo or fruit rollups or mcdonalds are good for you… These people should get counter sued for wasting peoples time and tax dollars.

    mythoughts
    mythoughts
    13 years ago

    I’m going to sue every takeout and restaurant that advertises homemade food. I know for certain they make the food in the store’s kitchen and not in anybody’s house. False advertising!!!

    Bareney
    Bareney
    13 years ago

    next will be koolaid!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Let’s sue our local deli for selling fatty unhealthy cholent. And kishka and gala. What have become from us. No one ever forced anyone to eat food the believe is junk.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    YooHoo is triangle K and is mamesh tarfus.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    So if they win, everyone will get a 50 cent coupon off for their next purchase of Yoo Hoo and the lawyers will walk away with a few million in cash.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    We need to be more conscious of what we buy…this is important because if you walk into many health food stores you may see Splenda among all the products…Splenda aka Sucralose (which is owned by Tate and Lyle and Johnson and Johnson) -among other things- can cause a woman to miscarry and because its FDA approved dietitians are recommending it to pregnant women with GD (gestational diabetes)…Splenda has no calories because it has more in common with a pesticide than with sugar and the body does not process it as calories simply because it does not recognize it as food …but you would be hard pressed to find any of the miscarriage information on anything but personal stories in pregnancy blogs because SPLENDA has bought all domain names associated with its consequences…for instance …splendakills.com is owned by splenda.
    It seems that as I look around me, I see Frum Jews adopting the concept of Na ase ve Nishma with food companies/big business.
    I call upon the frum community to start taking more interest in the companies they buy from. Yoohoo may not be hazardous but at least he is not letting companies lie.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    So everyone will sue these days for evetry time a label is mislabeled? When will you realize that most companies in the Unites States are all a bunch of thieves and lie about everything including their advertising. use your brains when purchsing anything and hope for the best. Stop blaming governemtn and companies for evrything. Consumers have more power when joining together. Boycott companies that rip you off and stop complaining.

    toolate
    toolate
    13 years ago

    you people are just kicking yourselves for not thinking of this first. this guy will be rich and youll be left with nothing other than vos iz neias posts!

    LIBERALISM IS A DISEASE!!!!
    LIBERALISM IS A DISEASE!!!!
    13 years ago

    Lets all stop & thank team obama ymsh for people becoming extra litigous. Its nebach the only way they could make a buck nowadays.

    Berky-Z-Man!!!!!!!!
    Berky-Z-Man!!!!!!!!
    13 years ago

    Someone once sued snappel “MADE FROM THE BEST STUFF ON EARTH” I’m surprised i didn’t get arrested for ripping my pillow tag

    shimon
    shimon
    13 years ago

    that is the second lawsuit like this in a week is it the same lawfirm doing both or are the idiots coming out for the summer?

    stillwonderin'
    stillwonderin'
    13 years ago

    It starts with Fruit Rollups. Then comes Yoo Hoo. I’m certain that sometime soon, to ward off these insane, liberal-fueled lawsuits, producers and distributors of fruits and vegetables will be forced to put a sticker on every single fruit and vegetable to warn consumers that potentially harmful and unhealthy pesticides were used to grow the produce, to be followed by legislation that mandate prepared and packaged foods makers to include a list of any fruits or vegetables and what pesticides used to grow them. Then it’s just a matter of time before grocery store owners insist that their customers sign a waiver at the checkout line, which releases the proprietor of any liability from sickness or disease caused by chemicals, pesticides, transfats, HFCS, salt, sugar, and every other “flavor of the month” unhealthy food that may be in the foods they sell.

    berish
    berish
    13 years ago

    Since when does “it’s good for you” mean “it’s healthy for you”?