Coca-Cola Deceptively Touted as Natural Despite Preservative, Putative Class Says

Beverage behemoth Coca-Cola Co. deceives consumers into thinking Coke is natural and healthy, when the popular drink contains artificial flavoring and chemical preservatives, according to a would-be class suit filed March 18 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Sowizrol v. Coca-Cola Co., N.D. Ill., No. 14-01914).

“Every container of Coca-Cola sold in the United States either falsely states that it does not contain artificial flavoring and chemical preservatives, or fails to affirmatively state—as required by state and federal law—that it, in fact, contains both artificial flavoring and chemical preservatives,” Illinois resident Ronald R. ...