Vegan Mom’s UCL Claim For Deceptive Waffle Protein Labels May Proceed, Judge Says

Mealey's (September 1, 2022, 11:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Aug. 22 declined to dismiss a vegan mother’s amended putative class claims against a food manufacturer for allegedly violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other statutes by misrepresenting the protein content of its frozen pancakes and waffles, finding that the plaintiff sufficiently alleges when she purchased the products and why she relied on the products’ nutrition facts labels....