"There's no mango in the mango drink"...Starbucks sued for 5 million dollar
A U.S. consumer filed a massive lawsuit against Starbucks' mango drink, saying it does not contain mangoes.
According to Bloomberg News on the 8th (local time), a woman named Joan Cominis filed a lawsuit with the federal court in Manhattan, New York, claiming the above.
He claimed that some of the Starbucks drinks with "mango" in their product name did not actually contain mangoes.
It also added that there was no Asai in the drink with the product name of "Asai," a kind of palm fruit.
Cominis claimed that water, grape juice concentrates, and sugar are mainly used in these drinks "without consumers knowing."
He did not reveal the grounds for claiming the beverage ingredients.
A Starbucks spokesman declined to comment.
Cominis claims that one day he ordered an Asai drink and was shocked to find out that there was no Asai, and that the fruit utility that was good for health was taken away.
He also claimed that Starbucks violated the New York State law, which prohibits consumer deception and false advertising, in that the product name is considered an "implicit promise" to the ingredients.
He also said that Starbucks deceived the ingredients of the product and gained unfair profits.
In Manhattan, mango drinks are priced at $5.25 per medium size (Grande).
"Consumers pay high prices by looking at the product name," Cominis said. "If the consumer knew that there was no fruit written on the product name, he would not have purchased a drink or tried to pay less."