Nonni’s class action alleges company misleads consumers as to lemon content in biscotti cookies

Nonni’s biscotti cookies class action lawsuit overview: 

• Who: Nancy Goldstein filed a class action lawsuit against Nonni’s Foods LLC. 
• Why: Goldstein claims Nonni’s misleads consumers into believing its Nooni’s Limone Biscotti cookies contain more lemon than they actually do. 
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Florida federal court. 

Nonni’s Foods misleads consumers about the amount of lemon in its Nonni’s Limone Biscotti cookies, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiff Nancy Goldstein claims Nonni’s uses misleading labeling and imagery on the packaging for its biscotti cookies to allegedly deceive consumers into believing they contain more lemon than they actually do. 

“The representations are false, deceptive and misleading because the Product contains a de minimis amount of lemon,” the Nonni’s class action states.

Consumers prefer to purchase food products that get their taste from a “characterizing food ingredient” rather than an “added flavoring ingredient,” the Nonni’s class action alleges. 

Nonni’s class action claims Limone Biscotti cookies ‘devoid of any lemon ingredients’

Nonni’s biscotti cookies — despite representations allegedly to the contrary — actually contain a “de minimis amount of lemon” as proven by the ingredient list being “devoid of any lemon ingredients,” the Nonni’s class action claims. 

“According to flavor expert Bob Holmes, if the Product was providing ‘all the flavor depth of the lemon itself,’ the ingredients would include lemon juice, lemon extract or lemon zest oil,” the lawsuit states. 

Goldstein claims Nonni’s is guilty of fraud, negligent misrepresentation and unjust enrichment and in violation of the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, among other things. 

She demands a jury trial and requests declaratory and injunctive relief along with an award of monetary, statutory and/or punitive damages for herself and all class members. 

Goldstein wants to represent a Florida class and multistate consumer fraud subclass of individuals who have purchased Nonni’s Limone Biscotti cookies. 

A separate class action lawsuit was filed against Nonni’s in 2011 over claims the company misrepresented its biscotti cookies as all natural, despite them allegedly containing a synthetic ingredient. The case was dismissed in 2014.

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The plaintiff is represented by Spencer Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates, P.C., and Will Wright of The Wright Law Office, P.A. 

The Nonni’s biscotti cookies class action lawsuit is Goldstein v. Nonni’s Foods LLC, Case No. 9:22-cv-81462, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. 

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