A&W Concentrate Co. and Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. agreed to a $15 million class action settlement to resolve claims they falsely advertised their root beer and cream soda as containing real vanilla. No proof of purchase is required
The class is made up of U.S. residents who, between Feb. 7, 2016, and June 2, 2023, purchased, in the U.S., for personal use and not for resale, one or more A&W Root Beer or Cream Soda products that contained the statement “made with aged vanilla” on their label.
The covered products are:
The plaintiffs allege the A&W root beer and cream soda products were misleadingly labeled as containing aged vanilla when they are actually made using ethyl vanillin, an artificial vanilla flavoring.
The defendants deny any wrongdoing and assert their labeling is proper but agreed to the settlement to avoid continuing litigation.
Keurig Dr Pepper, which owns A&W Concentrate Co., makes a number of popular soft drink brands in addition to A&W and Dr Pepper, including Sunkist, Hawaiian Punch, Snapple, Schweppes and others.
Under the terms of the A&W settlement, class members are eligible to claim in one of three tiers a refund based on the number of products they purchased:
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