‘Superfood’ Coffee Creamer Serving-Size Deception Suit Advances

Laird Superfood Inc., maker of powdered “superfood” coffee creamers, can’t exit a proposed class suit alleging it exaggerates how far a container will go.

Lovelyn Gwinn raised viable claims and her suit isn’t barred by federal food labeling regulations governing serving size, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said Thursday.

The nutrition facts panel lists a serving size of 2 grams, as required for FDA regulations for “powder,” and most varieties say a container holds about 114 servings, Gwinn said. The FDA also requires serving sizes in the amount commonly consumed and “expressed in a ...