Ultra-processed food
No MDL; early individual and municipal cases
Filings
Coordinated
Bellwethers
Settlement
Wind-down
Cases are being filed one by one. No coordinated proceeding yet.
- Stage
- Individual filings
- Campaign window
- Open
- Coordination
- No MDL; early individual and municipal cases
- Category
- Consumer products
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New federal cases per week
Not tracked for this tort, because its cases are not centralized in one federal court.
Jacob Score: 40
Litigation strength from 0 to 100. Last reviewed Jul 20, 2026. How it's set
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What changed
- Oct 15, 2026
NewsUltra-processed foods could damage your brain: study - Oct 15, 2026
NewsUltra-processed foods could damage your brain: study - Oct 14, 2026
NewsStudy: Ultraprocessed foods linked to mortality in Black breast cancer survivors - Jun 30, 2026
Case eventJudge Mia Roberts Perez dismissed the amended Martinez complaint and refused to let the plaintiff amend again, ending that case. - Dec 2, 2025
Case eventSan Francisco City Attorney David Chiu sued major food makers including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez, Coca-Cola, Nestle and PepsiCo in San Francisco Superior Court over ultra-processed foods. It was the first such suit by a city.
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