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Pinkberry, Hollywood's favorite frozen yogurt, is in a whole world of trouble today as reports are surfacing that the all-natural snack is anything but. A class-action lawsuit filed against the chain, which is accused of deceptive marketing, revealed that — surprise! — a majority of the yogurt's ingredients, including laboratory-produced sugars, aren't exactly "natural."

But, then again, neither is the majority of Hollywood.

Apr 25, 2008 · posted by Whitney · Link · 27 Responses
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    No. 1 jujubees says:

    I just automatically assume any product making those claims are only half true. How do you mass produce anything 100% natural. It just doesn't seem possible. I was traumatized from the whole fat free frozen yogurt debacle in the early 90's.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 9:56 am
    No. 2 bedbugsandballyhoo says:

    Totally off topic… Could someone please kill Tom and Hannah in the face? Or at least fix the ad so you can actually shut the sound off, instead of being redirected to another website.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:00 am
    No. 3 deimos says:

    i wouldn't eat anything called pinkberry.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:05 am
    No. 4 jujubees says:

    I'm sorry, all I'm getting is the Kimora ads. But I'd also like to request she be killed in the face as well. But I am interested in that coffee pod system.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:06 am
    No. 5 jujubees says:

    I'm with deimos. It sounds too close to turtleheads which takes you right to the buttsecks. Add the image of yogurt spurting out and you are having yourself a bad mental picture.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:07 am
    No. 6 maria says:

    Yogurt is so good, I've heard it prevents yeast infections too.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:07 am
    No. 7 deimos says:

    yogurt is good but only when it's not called pinkberry.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:09 am
    No. 8 SnackySmores says:

    I don't even bother with low fat ice cream or yogurt or whatever anymore. In Wisconsin, we have Culver's, it’s great. A banana split at that place is over 1,000 calories of pure fat ass, awesome.

    I too keep getting Kimora, and I wish she would close up that maw of hers.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:11 am
    No. 9 jujubees says:

    May the schwartz be with you.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:11 am
    No. 10 SnackySmores says:

    for some reason when I see pinkberry, I think of the shocker.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:12 am
    No. 11 blah says:

    Coffee pods rock! I stayed in an awesome hotel in Tampa, and they had one of those coffee pod systems in my room. They sell chai pods too so I was in heaven.

    I remember seeing those commercials for AmEx where they sponsored Pinkberry. I doubt we'll ever see them again.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:12 am
    No. 12 jujubees says:

    mmmmmmm, chai pods. Now I really do need one of those. I love to get my chai on in the morning. Skim milk for me please. I bet I can get one on ebay.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:16 am
    No. 13 jbonz says:

    Hey, Hollywood! I've got a couple of "Pink Berries" that produce natural yogurt. Yummy!

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:28 am
    No. 14 blah says:

    Get one on Amazon. You can get the coffee maker for about $40-ish and the pods are not expensive either.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:42 am
    No. 15 jujubees says:

    I'm not falling for that line again. PS, it's just empty calories and does not contain protein. Fool me once blah, blah, blah, fool me twice and I punch you in your pinkberries.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:44 am
    No. 16 jujubees says:

    Oh, and that's me being all empowered.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:44 am
    No. 17 blah says:

    "Punch you in the pinkberries" is now my new favorite phrase.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 10:52 am
    No. 18 jujubees says:

    We just need to make some kind of dictionary so we can have our own speak. Like the Scientologists and we can implement it into our religion.

    Stay away from the face killers or you shall be punched in the pinkberries.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 11:05 am
    No. 19 bedbugsandballyhoo says:

    Thank you.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 11:53 am
    No. 20 just f-ing cooter says:

    When I hear "pinkberry" it makes me reflect on a time when I had a huge hemmoriod hanging out of my ass. Oh the pain and the donut.

    Thats for all you dieters out there.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 12:27 pm
    No. 21 YerMom says:

    This makes me laugh. I was previously employed slinging frozen yogurt at the Golden Spoon. Pinkberry is huge here is so-cal but I have always been skeptical…something about the process of making the yogurt being very secretive. By family routinely enjoys the place but I have never tried it, I am so thankful now. I hope my 2 year old doesn't die a Pinkberry related death.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 1:20 pm
    No. 22 janice says:

    Oh whatever. Most "natural" ingredients are just as processed as artificial ingredients. They may be based on what was once a natural substance, but in the manufacturing process they change it so much it no longer resembles it.

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 4:04 pm
    No. 23 stopthemadness says:

    "Stay away from the face killers or you shall be punched in the pinkberries."

    that's gold jerry. gold!

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008 at 4:42 pm
    No. 24 queencrone says:

    Let me just say, first we have the men with the broken promises, and we sought refuge in the snacks. Thank GOD for the snacks.

    And NOW the snacks are giving the broken promises.

    What now?

    Posted: Apr 27, 2008 at 1:37 am
    No. 25 queencrone says:

    I hope I don't hear anything bad about beer anytime soon. That's all.

    Posted: Apr 27, 2008 at 1:40 am
    No. 26 YerMom says:

    QC, I would kill myself in the face.

    Posted: Apr 28, 2008 at 2:12 pm
    No. 27 RCDC says:

    the use of the word "organic" is regulated. "natural" is not. so there's that…

    Posted: Apr 29, 2008 at 12:03 am
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