UCL Suit Over Misleading ‘Characterizing Flavor’ Label Partly Dismissed By Judge

(January 22, 2024, 11:28 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge largely granted a food company’s motion to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit accusing it of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other statutes by deceptively labeling granola products with fruits and other ingredients that have a characterizing flavor, when in fact the products’ flavor comes from alternate ingredients....