LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The law firm of Gallo & Associates, which has significant experience prosecuting consumer fraud cases, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status was filed yesterday in the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles, on behalf of all purchasers of a certain so-labeled "guacamole" product made and/or marketed by Kraft Foods Global, Inc. (NYSE:KFT) ("Kraft").
The Complaint alleges that, while guacamole consists principally of avocado, Kraft's product instead consists largely of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils and whey (water and corn syrup are also major ingredients), and contains less than 2% avocado. Kraft's website (http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=product&m=product/Product_display&Site=1&Product=2100061389, as of 4 p.m. PDT on November 29, 2006) confirms the ingredients of the product as follows: Water, Partially Hydrogenated Coconut and Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup, Whey Protein Concentrate (From Milk), Food Starch Modified, Contains Less Than 2% Of Potatoes, Salt, Avocado, Defatted Soy Flour, Monosodium Glutamate, Tomatoes, Sodium Caseinate, Vinegar, Lactic Acid, Onions, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Gelatin, Xanthan Gum, Carob Bean Gum, Mono- And Diglycerides, Spice, with Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate as Preservatives, Garlic, Sodium Phosphate, Citric Acid, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Artificial Flavor, Blue 1, Artificial Color.
About Gallo & Associates
Los Angeles based Gallo & Associates (www.executiveemploymentlaw.com) is a boutique law firm that represents and counsels business executives nationally in employment-related transactions, trials, and liability and governance matters. Its clients include current and former Fortune 100 "C"-level executives. The firm prosecutes public interest and consumer fraud cases like this one, and other plaintiff's cases, as part of its ongoing commitment to promote ethical business practices. Ray E. Gallo is a graduate of Yale University and the UCLA School of Law. He has been listed as a "rising star" of the Los Angeles legal community and in Martindale Hubbell's Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers. The firm recently opened a San Francisco practice.