Spencer Remiurez is suing craft's Belvita shells and cheese cups. He says the claim that it takes only three and a half minutes to make them microwave is false. "I always enjoy especially smaller things that the types of things that nobody would really take what you say seriously," he said.
Tostitos chips without real lime. Root beer made with fake vanilla. Instant mac and cheese that isn’t so instant. These products are among the hundreds targeted by lawyer Spencer Sheehan, who wants Big Food to stop misrepresenting its products.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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