Totino’s frozen cheese pizza rolls are not made with real cheese, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Lakita Smith filed the complaint against General Mills Sales, Inc. March 23 in an Illinois federal court, alleging violations of state and federal consumer laws. She said the company makes and sells frozen cheese pizza rolls under the Totino’s brand.
The pizza rolls are marketed with words like “Cheese” and “Pizza In A Golden Crust” and pictures of the pizza rolls with the visible contents of what appears to be red tomato sauce and white cheese, Smith says.
However, she alleges the representations are “false, deceptive and misleading” because the cheese used is almost entirely imitation cheese instead of traditional cheese.
“The representations cause consumers to expect the Product contains a non-de minimis amount of ingredients associated with pizza, such as cheese,” Smith says.
In her lawsuit, Smith turns to multiple dictionary definitions of pizza to make her case. In the Collins Dictionary, for instance, pizza is defined as “dough covered with tomatoes, cheese and other toppings and then baked in an oven.”
As a result, when customers are marketed “cheese” and “pizza,” they expect real cheese, Smith argues. She says the pizza rolls use imitation cheese, which is made by combining vegetable oils, corn starch and casein, instead of milk solids.
Smith is looking to represent a class of Illinois residents who bought the product, plus a multi-state Class from Arkansas, Iowa, Utah, Idaho, Alaska and Montana. She’s suing for violations of state consumer fraud acts, as well as breach of warranty, fraud and negligent misrepresentation. Smith is seeking certification of the class action, damages, fees, costs and a jury trial.
Last year, Kraft was hit with a class action lawsuit alleging its Bagel Bites Mini Bagels With Mozzarella Cheese and Tomato Sauce do not in fact contain mozzarella cheese or tomato despite a third-party verification sticker.
Do you expect your pizza and cheese products to contain real cheese? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiff is represented by Spencer Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates.
The General Mills Pizza Rolls Class Action Lawsuit is Lakita Smith v. General Mills Sales, Case No. 1:22-cv-01529, in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
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No offense to anyone, but I’ve known about these dirty secrets for 12 years. My health suffered as a result and I have autoimmune diseases, I quit eating this death food in 2010. Since then all I eat is home cooked meals and foods. I wised up a decade plus ago, I’m glad others are too. I also ate these imitation pizza rolls and each time they made me sick! However due to the fact that General Mills owns the FDA, this class action lawsuit is probably deemed unsuccessful… Just start cooking at home from scratch if you want to be safe.
Purchased these and pepperoni flavored many times. Both for my children and myself. Please add me
Add me, Grandkids caught diarrhea.
Their marketing was false, deceptive and misleading,include me
I buy these on a regular basis please add me
not real cheese ! add us we have bought many times
Please add me. I buy toxins all the time
I always keep these in the freezer for my teenager. Not real cheese is disappointing
add me i bought a bag of the cheese ones today
Add me buy them for nephews
Of course I expected real cheese. I’m a cheese lover. Purchased these only a couple of times. Didn’t really care for them. Now I know why.
Feeling sad and mad as to how many of these we’ve eaten over the years.
Add me I buy the 130 count bag once a week for my husband,, thats gross!
Please add me I buy these on a regular
The grandkids love these things. Not no more!
Yes add me to class action suit
Seriously? Plastic cheese? Seriously?? What a scam. Anything to make products cheaper and charge more! Add every family in the country to this list!
Definitely add me. Have bought for many years. So convenient.
Please add me. I buy these all the time
Oh gosh Have eaten many times and some in the freezer right now!
Add me please. Got some in my freezer now always buying them
add me as well. I have eaten these with my family and friends.
Eat them all the time :( add me
Yes please add me my children loved them cuz they were easy to fix but there’s nothing in them it’s all reading there’s a nasty taste from the breading and just nothing inside
Please add me, I have been buying these for years.
Pizza rolls should have real cheese, what have I been eating? Please add me
Yes, Pizza should have real cheese. Please add.
Please add me to this class action lawsuit. Yes, Pizza should have real cheese.
Please add me to this class action lawsuit.
Add me to this please. This has been a staple in my home multiple times and my kids have always complained about them
Add me! Buy these all the time for the kids. They are nasty to me. You can tell the cheese isn’t real.
Yes I bought them…didnt taste right…. Add me
Please add me. I bought these for a long time.
Yes, add me. Just another lying corporation hurting consumers.
Absolutely does not, please add me
Please add me Eric baumert headrix31@gmail.com
Please add me buy for my 4 kids
I have bought these for years for my husband and kids.
Add me please, I was buying their pizza rolls for years, never again.
Please add me. I buy these regularly for my grandkids. I truly believed they contained real ingredients.
Please add me. I buy them weekly
Buy them all the time,include me
I buy these quit a bit for my grandkids and me, but had no idea that it’s immitation cheese etc. Now how can you be included in this lawsuit if you don’t live in those states mentioned.
Not like they used to be.
Add me the pizza and cheese definitely don’t taste right.
Add me please. We buy these all the time
Add me please That stuff taste like hot pasta sauce that gets flatten and nothing In the middle. It looks full to capacity then it deflates.
Please add me as well and thank you.
The pizza rolls don’t taste like pizza nor do the hamburger ones taste anything like hamburgers.
Yes I expect real cheese in or on a pizza . Please add me
Please add me. Love these products sad news
Please add me. My favorite Wow
You rednecks and your pizza rolls, lol… SMDH.
Add me I expect my pizza products to use real cheese as well and not oils
How do I get added this this! I use to buy the big 150 count bags weekly
If it says cheese, it should be cheese. Guess I won’t be buying these anymore.
I would like to be added as well. If it says cheese, it should be real cheese unless otherwise stated. I feed my kids these.
Yes I expect REAL CHEESE on my products! Especially if they claim it’s real cheese
Yes, I expect my pizza and pizza rolls to have real cheese. Please add me.
OH MY GOD IN HEAVEN. Is THAT what you’re stressing about? Don’t you people have other things to worry about…like a war that’s raging or…I don’t know…American Democracy?
Who’s stressing and worrying besides you?
I hate fake cheese it dnt even melt yu cnt get no pizza with fake cheese why would yu eat pizza rolls with fake cheese
Add me I loved them pizza rolls for years, smdh
I’ve been eating Totinos puzza rolls for years. Please add me.
I’ve been eating Totinos puzza rolls for years. Please add me.
How do I fill out for these top class action lawsuits.
Please at me we eat them all the time
Yes I do expect cheese in the totinos pizza rolls Add me please
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