Lorna Donne Class Action Lawsuit Claims No Butter Used

According to a May 11 class action lawsuit in New York Federal Court, Mondelez Global LLC made Lorna Doone shortbread cookies with no butter ingredients.

According to the Lorna Donoone class action lawsuit, shortbread was first invented in Scotland over a hundred years ago. Shortbread’s name comes from its crumbly structure. This is due to a high amount of fat, which inhibits gluten and allows the dough rise.

Shortbread is a baked product that has three main ingredients: sugar (or butter), wheat flour, and butter (or butter). Lorna Doone’s class action lawsuit points out several dictionary definitions for shortbread that all state butter as a primary ingredient.

Lorna Doone Class Action: Shortbread Cookies Expect to Contain Butter

According to Zilphia Howze, shortbread should contain butter. Lorna Doone’s shortbread cookies, however, do not contain butter. According to the class action lawsuit, they instead contain vegetable shortening, which is in the form canola oil or palm oil.

Howze claims that “the result of substituting vegetable oil for butter is that it lacks the nutritional organoleptic, sensory and sensory attributes of shortbread.”

Mondelez claims to have used artificial flavoring in order to create the buttery flavor.

Howze points out the Lorna Doone packaging’s front label, which says the product is a “Shortbread Cookie”, not a Shortbread Flavored Cookie or a Shortbread-Style Cookie. She states that consumers would assume Lorna Doone cookies contain butter, and they would not double-check the ingredients.

Lorna Doone claims that shortbread cookies made with butter may also contain other ingredients, even though it isn’t the sole shortening ingredient.

According to Howze, “Consumers expect shortbread cookies, particularly where the labeling invokes Scottish themes through the Lorna Donone name and plaid packaging, to contain butter.”

She filed the class-action lawsuit on behalf herself and all those who bought Lorna Doone shortbread cookies from New York, Rhode Island and Texas.

The Lorna Donovan class action lawsuit focuses on claims for violations of state consumer protection law, consumer fraud acts and breach of express warranties.

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