The packaging claims the dish is 'ready in 3½ minutes.' But Amanda Ramirez, the lead plaintiff, called the statement 'false and misleading' and argues the total prep time is longer.
A South Florida woman is suing Kraft Heinz claiming the food manufacturer hoodwinked her and other consumers by saying its Velveeta Shells and Cheese product only takes 3 1/2 minutes to be ready to eat. , filed in U.S. District Court in Miami, concerns Kraft's microwavable single serve cups of macaroni and cheese.
Package directions indicate there are four steps to preparing the product. They include removing the cup's lid and opening the cheese sauce pouch, adding water to the cup and stirring it, microwaving the cup and finally stirring in the contents of the cheese pouch. Ramirez points out that the 3 ½ minutes advertised on the product only account for one of multiple steps.
The suit, filed this month by William Wright of the Wright Law Office in West Palm Beach and Spencer Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates in Great Neck, New York, seeks more than $5 million in damages.
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