Kicker - Strawberry confusion

NICK EICHER, HOST: If you were under the impression that Pop-Tarts with fruit are good for your health, we’ll do our best to let you down easy.

Turns out that the minuscule amount of strawberries in Kellogg’s “Frosted Strawberry Toaster Pastries” does not make them good for you.

But a woman in New York claims Kellogg’s is marketing and packaging the pastries to exaggerate the strawberry ingredient.

Elizabeth Russett seeks $5 million for what she calls misleading marketing.

The company counters that its labeling fully complies with all legal requirements.

Russett’s petition says the nutrition label shows the Strawberry Pop-Tarts have more pears and apples in them than strawberries.

Another lawsuit out of Illinois claims something similar.

I’d say the company is in a real jam.

REICHARD: That is not a legal term.

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