Class action claims Honey-Comb cereal boxes contain fewer servings than advertised

Honey-Comb cereal class action lawsuit overview:

• Who: Plaintiff Lori Sciarabba filed a class action lawsuit against Post Consumer Brands LLC.
• Why: Sciarabba claims Post misleads consumers by labeling its Honey-Comb cereal as family size when it actually contains even fewer servings than advertised.
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.

Post Consumer Brands misleads consumers by labeling its Honey-Comb cereal as family size when it actually contains even fewer servings than advertised, according to a new class action lawsuit.

Plaintiff Lori Sciarabba claims the serving size information on the back label of Post’s Honey-Comb cereal states it contains about 13 servings when, in reality, independent scientific testing shows it contains at most only about 12 servings. 

Sciarabba argues this discrepancy misleads consumers and results in them paying a premium price for a product that does not deliver its promised value. 

“Consumers pay a price premium for the products bearing the family size representation based on the advertised number of additional servings and are denied the benefit of their bargain,” the Honey-Comb cereal class action lawsuit says.

Sciarabba wants to represent a class of consumers who, within the past four years, bought one or more boxes of the allegedly mislabeled cereal in the state of New York for personal, family or household purposes. 

Post aware Honey-Comb cereal is mislabeled, class action says

Sciarabba claims Post is aware that its Honey-Comb cereal is mislabeled but has failed to correct it. 

“Defendant, through its extensive history as a manufacturer of these and other similar products, was aware that the number of servings depicted on the products’ labeling was material to the plaintiff and reasonable consumers,” the Honey-Comb cereal class action lawsuit says. 

Sciarabba further argues that the prominent “Family Size” labeling on the cereal is intended to entice consumers to purchase the product by way of leading them to believe they are getting more servings than they actually are.

Post is accused of unjust enrichment and breach of express warranty and of violating the New York General Business Law and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. 

The plaintiff demands a jury trial and requests injunctive and declaratory relief and an award of compensatory, statutory and punitive damages for herself and all class members. 

A consumer filed a similar class action lawsuit against Post earlier this year over claims its  Fruity Pebbles cereal is mislabeled as “Family Size” when it contains fewer servings than advertised.

Have you purchased Post’s Honey-Comb cereal? Let us know in the comments.

The plaintiff is represented by Frederick J. Klorczyk III of KamberLaw LLC and Naomi B. Spector of KamberLaw LLP.

The Honey-Comb cereal class action lawsuit is Sciarabba v. Post Consumer Brands LLC, Case No. 7:25-cv-09315, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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