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Lawyer has filed nearly 100 consumer lawsuits over vanilla labeling
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Long Island, New York, lawyer Spencer Sheehan wants consumers to know that they are sometimes being deceived by the vanilla label on the products that they buy.
Sheehan has filed nearly 100 pending lawsuits in four states on behalf of consumers who say they bought products with the vanilla label, even though the flavor doesn’t come exclusively from vanilla beans, Inside Edition reports.
Many products make the false claim, Sheehan asserts.
“We’re talking yogurt, milk, dairy, ice cream, tea,” he told Inside Edition.
Vanilla isn’t grown in the United States, and it’s expensive. It comes mostly from Madagascar and is made from the pods of orchids, according to Bloomberg Law.