McDonald’s sued for alleged mock mozzarella in cheese sticks

Chris Howe, along with 40 other consumers, are the plaintiffs in this class action suit.

One customer is having a meltdown over the exact ingredients included in McDonald’s “100 percent real” mozzarella sticks. “Consumers have been misled [into buying an] under-filled product containing cheap substitutes to give the appearance of bulk and real cheese”.

According to Newsy, McDonald’s claims that the cheese somehow escaped the sticks during the baking process, and numerous affected customers have received coupons for free orders of mozzarella sticks.

Howe claims that McDonald’s mozzarella sticks violate the Food and Drug Administration rule prohibiting the “adulteration or misbranding” of food, the same principle at the crux of the Kraft case. According to Howe, McDonald’s added the filler to save money on their product.

A Riverside County man is suing McDonald’s; claiming that the fast-food restaurant’s Mozzarella Sticks are missing a key ingredient: mozzarella.

“Our mozzarella cheese sticks are made with 100% low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese”, says a McDonald’s spokesperson.

He argues that, had he known the truth about the mozzarella sticks, he would not have bought them, and has brought a class action suit to the tune of more than $5m over the “mislabeled and adulterated” snacks. Cheese lovers everywhere are… probably not holding their breath. He was also asking for restitutionary and non-restitutionary disgorgement.

He is apparently seeking $5 million in damages, reports Business Insider.

McDonald’s is refuting the claims and allegations of Howe. “We intend to defend ourselves vigorously against these allegations”.

– Jennifer Nordin (@JennoHocan) January 23, 2016All 3 of @McDonalds new Mozzarella Sticks came empty.