Settlement Administrator Dahl Administration Announces Class Action Settlement in the Aguiar v. Merisant Company and Whole Earth Sweetener Company LLC Litigation

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- If you purchased any Pure Via® Consumer Products, you could receive compensation from a class action settlement.

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Merisant Company and Whole Earth Sweetener Company LLC (collectively, "Merisant"), the manufacturers of Pure Via Consumer Products, including all Pure Via low calorie sweetener products. The lawsuit claims that Merisant mislabeled its Pure Via Consumer Products by describing the products and their ingredients as "natural." Merisant denies the allegations in the suit, asserts it has not violated any laws, and says that its description of various Pure Via products and ingredients as "natural" is accurate. To avoid further litigation, the Parties have reached a class action settlement, which was preliminarily approved by the United States District Court for the Central District of California on October 6, 2014.

Under the terms of the settlement, you may be entitled to compensation if you are a member of the Settlement Class, meaning that you purchased any of the Pure Via Consumer Products in the U.S. from January 1, 2008, through October 6, 2014, for individual or household use. Excluded from the Class are Merisant and its board members, officers, and attorneys; governmental entities; the Court presiding over the settlement; and those persons who timely and validly request exclusion from the Settlement Class.

What Does The Settlement Provide? Settlement Class Members may submit a properly completed Claim Form and be eligible to receive a cash refund of up to $30. Merisant has also agreed to make certain changes to Pure Via product labels and modify the www.purevia.com website to further explain the nature of the products and their ingredients.

Additional Information. This information is just a summary. Additional information about this proposed settlement will be released in the next one to two weeks.

MEDIA: Jeff Dahl, 952-562-3601

SOURCE DAHL ADMINISTRATION, LLC

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