Plaintiff Alleges Good Health Veggie Snacks Are Not Healthy

Utz Quality Foods LLC and Good Health Natural Products Inc. face a potential class action alleging that the companies replaced a blend of vegetable-derived ingredients with synthetic additives in their Extra Goodness! products, including vegetable straws and chips. Feldman v. Utz Quality Foods, LLC, No. 18-6004 (S.D.N.Y., filed July 3, 2018). The complaint alleges that the companies deceptively marketed and misbranded the snacks, which were previously made with a proprietary blend of spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets and shiitake mushrooms. The plaintiff contends that Utz and Good Health stopped buying the blend in December 2016 and replaced it with a “cheaper synthetic blend” but did not update the ingredient list for more than a year. Moreover, the plaintiff contends that the current product does not contain “significant amounts of the vegetables or vegetable-derived vitamins depicted, and are not healthful.” Claiming deceptive acts or practices, false advertising, breach of warranties and unjust enrichment, the plaintiff seeks class certification, damages, injunctive relief and attorney’s fees.