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Smucker Sued Over '100 Percent Fruit' Label

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Simply 100 percent fruit?"

A California woman with a "sensitive palate" has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the J.M. Smucker Co claiming that its familiar label is misleading since its spreadable jam is less than half fruit.

The case was filed on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of anyone who bought the Smucker premium brand in the past four years.

Lead plaintiff Stephanie Schwebel, described by her attorney as having a "sensitive palate," tasted only an empty promise when she first sampled the jam.

"This young woman said, 'This doesn't taste right,' and she contacted us and we tested it and found she was right," her attorney Allan Sigal said on Friday.

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