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According to a Ricola class action lawsuit, the soothing throat drops do not contain natural ingredients as is advertised by product representations.
Ricola throat drops are reportedly advertised as “naturally soothing” or otherwise “natural.”
The Ricola class action lawsuit states that when consumers see representations that food products are “natural,” they believe the products do not contain artificial or synthetic ingredients.
However, in her recent Ricola class action, plaintiff Amy Comfort claims that Ricola’s representations do not live up to consumer expectations because the throat drops are not completely natural.
“Unfortunately for consumers, the ‘Naturally Soothing’ claim is false, misleading and likely to deceive reasonable consumers in the same respect, due to their unnaturalness for containing various unnatural, synthetic, artificial, and/or genetically modified ingredients,” the Ricola class action lawsuit claims.
Several flavors of Ricola throat drops allegedly contain artificial ingredients, including: Cherry Honey (contains malic acid); Green Tea with Echinacea Sugar Free (contains aspartame, citric acid, and sorbitol); Honey Lemon with Echinacea (contains ascorbic acid); Lemon Mint (contains citric acid); Lemon Mint Sugar Free (contains ascorbic acid, aspartame, and citric acid); Mixed Berry with Vitamin C (contains sodium ascorbate and citric acid); Original Swiss Herb Sugar Free (contains aspartame and sorbitol); Swiss Cherry Sugar Free (contains aspartame, citric acid, and isomalt); and more.
Malic acid and citric acid are artificial flavorings. Aspartame, sorbitol, and isomalt are artificial sweeteners. Ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate are forms of Vitamin C. Comfort claims that all of these ingredients are “unnatural, synthetic, artificial, and/or genetically modified,” thus invalidating Ricola’s claims that their throat drops are natural.
Comfort also states that Ricola knowingly deceived their consumers into believing that the throat drops were made from natural ingredients in order to increase the products’ marketability and desirability.
“Defendant labels the Products as ‘Naturally Soothing’ because consumers perceive Naturally Soothing foods as the equivalent as organic foods and being healthier, better, and more wholesome,” Comfort argues in her Ricola class action lawsuit. “The market for Naturally Soothing foods has grown rapidly in the past few years, a trend Defendant seeks to take advantage of through false and misleading advertising.”
Due to this alleged deception, Comfort argues that she and other consumers were injured because they paid for a product which was falsely represented, paid a premium price for a product which was not actually natural, and received less value than what the paid for.
Comfort seeks to represent a Class of consumers who purchased Ricola throat drops within four years of the filing of the Ricola class action lawsuit. She also seeks to represent a Class of the same consumers from New York who are protected under additional state laws.
The Ricola throat drops class action lawsuit seeks declaratory relief, injunctive relief, restitution, disgorgement, statutory damages, court costs, and attorneys’ fees.
Comfort and the proposed Class are represented by Michael R. Reese and George V. Granade of Reese LLP; Jason P. Sulzter of The Sulzter Law Group; and Joshua H. Eggnatz of Eggnatz Pascucci PA.
The Ricola Throat Drops Class Action Lawsuit is Comfort v. Ricola USA Inc., Case No. 1:19-cv-00157, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.
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1,296 thoughts onRicola Class Action Lawsuit Says Throat Drops Aren’t All Natural
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I have been using Ricola for years a matter of fact since 2018 and all of a sudden I notice some is wrong because I started getting dizzy and the taste is so different now it spike my blood sugar. Am staying away from this.
I’m impressed how many people buy thing base on a marketing picture, and never check the ingredient of what they put in they’re mouth and then are surprised …before you buy check the ingredients, if not happy don’t buy…
I have been buying Ricola for years paying more than for other brand thinking that I am buying Natural product. Please add me to law suits
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My blood pressure suddenly dropped to 60/90 after eating Ricola Sugar Free drops.I was transported from my job, via ambulance to the local ER. I’m convinced that this event was directly correlated to aspartame poisoning. I’ll never use Ricola products ever again.
False ads are hurting us. The Ricola brand is marketed at people seeking to avoid chemical sweeteners, due to suffering symptoms. I bloat up, suffer weakness and all-over nerve pain if consume any chemical sweeteners or molecular altered sugar. I was unaware the excruciating nerve pain was due to Ricola until stopped taking them a week after a flu then trying some again.
I believe chemical sweeteners are being added to many products undisclosed because helps disguises the origin of negative symptoms related to chemical sweeteners and lowers production costs. Maybe companies are getting perks for using these products to deter certainty of dangers and class-action suits.
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Please add me to your lawsuit. I also purchased 2 Family size bags of Ricola cough drops Sugar Free. I had a brain tumor in 2008 and thankfully it was benign and successfully removed. I attribute that tumor to artificial sweeteners as I drank diet soda daily. Especially after doing research about aspartame years ago, you can imagine how shocked I was that I had purchased a product with it in it. Even when I am in the checkout line at the grocery store, and I see someone buying diet soda, I want to share what I learned with them. I had just set aside the 2 full, unopened bags that I had purchased. I was actually looking to see if they had one that was sweetened with stevia when I came across this.
Ricola is a good.product that works well for me and as I read their advertising, the products contain natural herbs, but they don’t appear to claim their product is “All Natural.” This is something each consumer can easily discern further by reading the listed ingredients on the packaging. It is my humble opinion that those bringing this apparently frivolous lawsuit need to get a life. I don’t believe anyone bringing this suit has suffered any harm physically or psychologically.
Now I know why i cannot find the Ricola cough drops – Honey Lemon and the Honey Cherry some with Ech and some without. I love these cough drops and I cannot find them anywhere. I NEVER buy sugar free anything. It is bad for you.
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Bought the sugar free lemon mint today. Started reading about aspartame. Add me to your list. So upset that we are being subjected to harm constantly through food and health items.