Starbucks faces lawsuit for supposedly mislabeling ‘sugar-free’ protein beverages
Starbucks is currently dealing with a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses the coffee company of misleadingly branding eight of its protein drinks as “Sugar-Free” even though they contain natural sugars from milk. The lawsuit, filed on Friday in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington, claims that these “Sugar-Free” protein drinks have […]
The ‘sugar-free’ deception: How blaming a kitchen essential is harming our well-being
Sugar has had a pretty tough public image in recent times. It’s ironic, really, considering sugar never hired a publicist orlobbied for its role in those 37 salad dressings. It just kind of sat there as a carbohydrate, while the whole food industry decided sugar made for a more convenient scapegoat than the harder issues […]