Federal Court Greenlights Class Action Lawsuit Against Canada Dry Ginger Ale For Not Containing Any Ginger

Courthouse News reports:

A federal judge in Missouri ruled that Dr. Pepper can’t dodge a class action claiming its Canada Dry Ginger Ale is not made with real ginger.

“Because plaintiff alleges independent laboratory testing revealed that the product does not contain a detectable amount of ginger and a reasonable consumer would be misled into believing that the product contains at least some detectable amount of ginger, the court finds the representation ‘made from real ginger’ could be false or misleading to a reasonable consumer,” U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark wrote in a 14-page opinion issued today.

Judge Ketchmark denied Delaware-based Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. and Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc.’s motion to dismiss the class action lawsuit alleging false and misleading business practices claims.

RELATED: Founded in 1890, in recent decades the Canada Dry brand has bounced around various parent companies including RJR Nabisco and Cadbury Schweppes, before landing with the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, which is currently in the middle of a merger with Keurig Green Mountain, after which the company will be called Keurig Dr. Pepper. For real.