The Swiss-based food and beverage giant Nestlé is facing legal action for allegedly tricking US consumers over the contents of its Poland Spring bottled water. The allegations were laid out in a class-action lawsuit filed yesterday in Connecticut Superior Court.
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“Consumers purchase Poland Spring thinking they are getting a higher-quality natural spring water, but our suit will show that Poland Spring is neither natural nor spring water, and in fact comes from sources of a lesser quality than some tap water,” Tom Sobol, an attorney who filed the complaint, said in a statement.
Nestlé has categorically denied the allegations. “Poland Spring is exactly what we say it is – natural spring water – and there are many criteria for that,” spokeswoman Jane Lazgin was quoted as saying today. “The truth will come to light. We will certainly defend our good name against these false charges.”
The complaint includes a claim that the brand is falsely labelled as coming from “deep in the woods of Maine.” There is also concern that Nestlé is marketing Poland Spring as “naturally purified” or “spring water” because the water does not meet the scientific definition for spring water, the lawsuit says.
Sobol’s action claims that the original Poland Spring has not flowed for more than 35 years and the actual sources of the water depend on man-made wells, some of which are 30 miles away.
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