LaCroix Sued For Allegedly Containing Cockroach Insecticide

Your favorite seltzer is under fire for possibly containing some upsetting ingredients. A recently filed lawsuit alleges that the sparkling water includes an ingredient used in cockroach insecticide. The suit mostly finds fault with the seltzer’s claim that it contains “all natural” ingredients. Customer Lenora Rice enlisted the la firm Beaumont Costales to file the suit on her behalf, according to CBS Philadelphia.

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“LaCroix in fact contains ingredients that have been identified by the Food and Drug Administration as synthetic,” the lawsuit states according to CBS. “These chemicals include limonene, which can cause kidney toxicity and tumors; linalool propionate, which is used to treat cancer; and linalool, which is used in cockroach insecticide.”

LaCroix’s parent company, National Beverage Corp., strongly denies the allegations. The company insists that all ingredients are in fact 100% natural. The company issued a statement earlier this week to clarify its position.

“The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers “natural” on a food label to be truthful and non-misleading when ‘nothing artificial or synthetic (including all color additives regardless of source) has been included in, or has been added.’”

H/T: USA Today