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Friday, March 20, 2026
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Polar seltzer suit stumbles

SAN FRANCISCO — For a second time, a California federal court dismissed two consumers’ false advertising suit against the maker of Polar Seltzer, whose bottles advertise the flavored seltzer as “100% Natural.” The consumers say the seltzers contain synthetic ingredients, but cannot specify which of the “natural flavors” they challenge are actually synthetic ingredients, as their radiocarbon testing results “have gaps.”

Read the ruling here.

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