Florida woman sues Kraft for $5M, saying Velveeta shells & cheese takes longer to prepare than packaging claims
Velveeta’s tagline might be “liquid gold,” but a woman in the sunshine state has declared the company owes her quite a few pieces of silver. On Nov. 18, Florida resident Amanda Ramirez sued the Kraft Heinz Company for at least $5 million over what she claims is deceptive and fraudulent packaging . Ramirez says that since Kraft’s Velveeta Shells & Cheese Microwavable Shell Pasta takes longer than 3-and-a-half minutes to prepare even though its packing states “ready in 3½ minutes,” that constitutes fraud. “To provide consumers with a Product that is actually “ready in 3½ minutes" the Product would need to be cooked in the microwave for less than 3-and-a-half minutes, so that all the preparation steps could be completed in the 3-and-a-half minutes timeframe,” reads the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. In the suit, the mac and cheese’s five instructions that appear on the product packaging are listed, from removing the lid, addin...