General Mills Inc. has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed the company oversold the benefits of a probiotic yogurt.
Food Business News reports that the lawsuit, which targeted General Mills' Yo-Plus yogurt, had argued that the Golden Valley-based company didn't have a scientific basis for claiming digestive benefits for the product in ads.
The suit, by one of the law firms that pursued a similar action against Dannon's Activia, was filed in 2011.
As part of the deal, shoppers who bought Yo-Plus between mid-2007 and mid-2012 could get $4 for each unit they purchased (up to 13 units). Anything left over will be donated to the National Consumer Law Center and the Mayo Clinic.
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