{"id":139652,"date":"2025-12-23T10:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/23\/ultra-processed-foods-an-emerging-area-of-litigation-for-food-beverage-companies-attorneys-say\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T10:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:36:19","slug":"ultra-processed-foods-an-emerging-area-of-litigation-for-food-beverage-companies-attorneys-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/23\/ultra-processed-foods-an-emerging-area-of-litigation-for-food-beverage-companies-attorneys-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-Processed Foods: An Emerging Area of Litigation for Food, Beverage Companies, Attorneys Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While suits targeting food and beverage companies isn&#8217;t anything new, legal experts have opined that they have seen an increase in litigation in recent years as conversations around ingredients and additives increase at the federal level and within food and beverage companies themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/939215498\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/939215498\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/939215498\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" 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