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'''{{Wplink|Jamba_Juice|Jamba Juice}}''' is an American quick service restaurant and juice bar.

==Consumer ~~Impact Summary~~==

==Consumer impact summary==

*User Freedom: Users can request to opt-out of advertising and/or sharing of personal information.

*User Privacy: Collects name, alias, postal address, telephone number, signature, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol (IP) address, email address, account name, physical characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, aptitudes, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers; insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit or debit card number, and other financial information for purposes of advertising, session monitoring. It is shared to affiliates, business partners and franchisees, and vendors.

*Business Model: Sells a variety of beverages along with food items.

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On 28 June,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tigar |first=Jon |date=29 May 2024 |title=Lilly v. Jamba Juice Company (3:13-cv-02998) |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4180171/lilly-v-jamba-juice-company/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Courtlistener}}</ref> Aleta Lilly filed a lawsuit against Jamba and Inventure Foods, Inc for falsely advertising all five flavors of its Jamba Juice smoothie kit products as "All natural" ingredients<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 Apr 2026 |title=Lilly et al v. Jamba Juice Company et al, No. 3:2013cv02998 - Document 54 (N.D. Cal. 2014) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2013cv02998/267674/54/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Justia US.Law}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 Apr 2026 |title=Lilly v. Jamba Juice Co. |url=https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/lilly-v-jamba-juice-894678248 |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=vLex}}</ref> meanwhile containing ascorbic acid, xanthan gum, steviol glycosides, modified corn starch, and gelatin. The case was settlement on 21 May 2015 with the court rewarding plaintiffs Aleta Lilly and David Cox $5000, reimbursed plaintiffs $14,326.87 in litigation expenses, and rewarding counsel Finkelstein Thompson LLP and Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP 410,673.13 for attorney fees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaak |first=Erin |date=18 May 2017 |title='Natural' Food Label Lawsuits: Where Are They Now? |url=https://www.classaction.org/blog/natural-food-label-lawsuits-where-are-they-now |url-status=live |access-date=11 Apr 2026 |website=ClassAction}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Spicer |first=Christina |date=3 Dec 2014 |title=Jamba Juice Settles Smoothie Kit Class Action Lawsuit |url=https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/jamba-juice-settles-smoothie-kit-class-action-lawsuit/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Top Class Action}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

=== Whole fruits false advertising (''2018'')' ===

===Whole fruits false advertising (''2018'')===

On 23 August,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=23 Aug 2018 |title=UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA |url=https://cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/jamba-juice-complaint-and-exhibit1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124022959/https://cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/jamba-juice-complaint-and-exhibit1.pdf |archive-date=24 Nov 2021 |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=cspinet}}</ref> Teri Turner and David Lundquist along with health advocacy non-profit organization Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a lawsuit against Jamba for falsely advertising its beverages as “whole fruit and vegetable smoothies” that contain no additives and minimal sugars, while containing ingredients that are less beneficial, cheaper, non-whole, and inferior than advertised.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spyrouv |first=Constantine |date=24 Aug 2018 |title=Jamba Juice Sued Over Claims That Their ‘Whole Fruits’ Advertising Is Misleading |url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/jamba-juice-sued-misleading/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Food Beast}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 Apr 2026 |title=Jamba Juice facing lawsuit over deceptively marketed “whole fruit and vegetable” smoothies |url=https://www.cspi.org/news/jamba-juice-facing-lawsuit-over-deceptively-marketed-%E2%80%9Cwhole-fruit-and-vegetable%E2%80%9D-smoothies |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Center for Science in the Public Interest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 Aug 2018 |title=Smoothies lacking fruit? Jamba Juice faces lawsuit for “deceptive” smoothie marketing |url=https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/smoothies-lacking-fruit-jamba-juice-faces-lawsuit-for-deceptive-smoothie-marketing.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Nutrition Insight}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Aug 2018 |title=What’s really in your Jamba Juice? |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/24/whats-really-in-your-jamba-juice/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=The Mercury News}}</ref> The lawsuit claims Jamba beverages contained concentrated juice blends like apple or pinapple juice and has added sugar and additives than previously mentioned.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Aug 2018 |title=Jamba Juice Facing Lawsuit Over Deceptively Marketed "Whole Fruit and Vegetable" Smoothies |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jamba-juice-facing-lawsuit-over-deceptively-marketed-whole-fruit-and-vegetable-smoothies-300702077.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Pr Newswire}}</ref> On 31 May 2019, Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a stipulation of settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 2019 |title=Kaplan Fox Settles Litigation Against Focus Brands for Deceptively Marketing Jamba Juice Smoothies |url=https://consumerrightsfirst.com/news/kaplan-fox-settles-litigation-against-focus-brands-for-deceptively-marketing-jamba-juice-smoothies/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=consumerrightsfirst}}</ref>

===Falsely advertising discounts (2023)===

Jamba was involved in a lawsuit with Yolo County and Santa Cruz County District after advertising customers will receive a discount for food and beverages discount if they download the app from July to December 2020. meanwhile failing to disclosure a minimum of $10 purchases was required to obtaining an discount.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2023 |title=Yolo County DA and Jamba Juice settle consumer protection lawsuit |url=https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2023/04/24/yolo-county-da-and-jamba-juice-settle-consumer-protection-lawsuit/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Daily Democrat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2023 |title=Jamba Juice Settles Consumer Protection Lawsuit with Yolo DA |url=https://yoloda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PRESS-RELEASE-JAMBA-JUICE-SETTLES-CONSUMER-PROTECTION-LAWSUIT.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425141014/https://yoloda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PRESS-RELEASE-JAMBA-JUICE-SETTLES-CONSUMER-PROTECTION-LAWSUIT.pdf |archive-date=25 Apr 2023 |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=yoloda.org}}</ref> On 21 April, Yolo County and Santa Cruz County District Attorneys reached a settlement agreement with Jamba, requiring the company pay $143,000 in addition to $6,750.0 in restitution to California Consumer Protection Trust Fund.

Jamba was involved in a lawsuit with Yolo County and Santa Cruz County District after advertising customers will receive a discount for food and beverages discount if they download the app from July to December 2020. meanwhile failing to disclosure a minimum of $10 purchases was required to obtaining an discount.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2023 |title=Yolo County DA and Jamba Juice settle consumer protection lawsuit |url=https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2023/04/24/yolo-county-da-and-jamba-juice-settle-consumer-protection-lawsuit/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Daily Democrat}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2023 |title=Jamba Juice Settles Consumer Protection Lawsuit with Yolo DA |url=https://yoloda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PRESS-RELEASE-JAMBA-JUICE-SETTLES-CONSUMER-PROTECTION-LAWSUIT.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425141014/https://yoloda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PRESS-RELEASE-JAMBA-JUICE-SETTLES-CONSUMER-PROTECTION-LAWSUIT.pdf |archive-date=25 Apr 2023 |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=yoloda.org}}</ref> On 21 April, Yolo County and Santa Cruz County District Attorneys reached a settlement agreement with Jamba, requiring the company pay $143,000 in addition to $6,750.0 in restitution to California Consumer Protection Trust Fund.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

==See also==

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 '''{{Wplink|Jamba_Juice|Jamba Juice}}''' is an American quick service restaurant and juice bar.
-==Consumer Impact Summary==
+==Consumer impact summary==
 *User Freedom: Users can request to opt-out of advertising and/or sharing of personal information.
 *User Privacy: Collects name, alias, postal address, telephone number, signature, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol (IP) address, email address, account name, physical characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, aptitudes, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers; insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit or debit card number, and other financial information for purposes of advertising, session monitoring. It is shared to affiliates, business partners and franchisees, and vendors.
 *Business Model: Sells a variety of beverages along with food items.
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 On 28 June,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tigar |first=Jon |date=29 May 2024 |title=Lilly v. Jamba Juice Company (3:13-cv-02998) |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4180171/lilly-v-jamba-juice-company/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Courtlistener}}</ref> Aleta Lilly filed a lawsuit against Jamba and Inventure Foods, Inc for falsely advertising all five flavors of its Jamba Juice smoothie kit products as "All natural" ingredients<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 Apr 2026 |title=Lilly et al v. Jamba Juice Company et al, No. 3:2013cv02998 - Document 54 (N.D. Cal. 2014) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2013cv02998/267674/54/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Justia US.Law}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 Apr 2026 |title=Lilly v. Jamba Juice Co. |url=https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/lilly-v-jamba-juice-894678248 |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=vLex}}</ref> meanwhile containing ascorbic acid, xanthan gum, steviol glycosides, modified corn starch, and gelatin. The case was settlement on 21 May 2015 with the court rewarding plaintiffs Aleta Lilly and David Cox $5000, reimbursed plaintiffs $14,326.87 in litigation expenses, and rewarding counsel Finkelstein Thompson LLP and Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP 410,673.13 for attorney fees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaak |first=Erin |date=18 May 2017 |title='Natural' Food Label Lawsuits: Where Are They Now? |url=https://www.classaction.org/blog/natural-food-label-lawsuits-where-are-they-now |url-status=live |access-date=11 Apr 2026 |website=ClassAction}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Spicer |first=Christina |date=3 Dec 2014 |title=Jamba Juice Settles Smoothie Kit Class Action Lawsuit |url=https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/jamba-juice-settles-smoothie-kit-class-action-lawsuit/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Top Class Action}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
-=== Whole fruits false advertising (''2018'')' ===
+===Whole fruits false advertising (''2018'')===
 On 23 August,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=23 Aug 2018 |title=UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA |url=https://cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/jamba-juice-complaint-and-exhibit1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124022959/https://cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/jamba-juice-complaint-and-exhibit1.pdf |archive-date=24 Nov 2021 |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=cspinet}}</ref> Teri Turner and David Lundquist along with health advocacy non-profit organization Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a lawsuit against Jamba for falsely advertising its beverages as “whole fruit and vegetable smoothies” that contain no additives and minimal sugars, while containing ingredients that are less beneficial, cheaper, non-whole, and inferior than advertised.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spyrouv |first=Constantine |date=24 Aug 2018 |title=Jamba Juice Sued Over Claims That Their ‘Whole Fruits’ Advertising Is Misleading |url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/jamba-juice-sued-misleading/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Food Beast}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 Apr 2026 |title=Jamba Juice facing lawsuit over deceptively marketed “whole fruit and vegetable” smoothies |url=https://www.cspi.org/news/jamba-juice-facing-lawsuit-over-deceptively-marketed-%E2%80%9Cwhole-fruit-and-vegetable%E2%80%9D-smoothies |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Center for Science in the Public Interest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 Aug 2018 |title=Smoothies lacking fruit? Jamba Juice faces lawsuit for “deceptive” smoothie marketing |url=https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/smoothies-lacking-fruit-jamba-juice-faces-lawsuit-for-deceptive-smoothie-marketing.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Nutrition Insight}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Aug 2018 |title=What’s really in your Jamba Juice? |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/24/whats-really-in-your-jamba-juice/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=The Mercury News}}</ref> The lawsuit claims Jamba beverages contained concentrated juice blends like apple or pinapple juice and has added sugar and additives than previously mentioned.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Aug 2018 |title=Jamba Juice Facing Lawsuit Over Deceptively Marketed "Whole Fruit and Vegetable" Smoothies |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jamba-juice-facing-lawsuit-over-deceptively-marketed-whole-fruit-and-vegetable-smoothies-300702077.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Pr Newswire}}</ref> On 31 May 2019, Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a stipulation of settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 2019 |title=Kaplan Fox Settles Litigation Against Focus Brands for Deceptively Marketing Jamba Juice Smoothies |url=https://consumerrightsfirst.com/news/kaplan-fox-settles-litigation-against-focus-brands-for-deceptively-marketing-jamba-juice-smoothies/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=consumerrightsfirst}}</ref>
 ===Falsely advertising discounts (2023)===
-Jamba was involved in a lawsuit with Yolo County and Santa Cruz County District after advertising customers will receive a discount for food and beverages discount if they download the app from July to December 2020. meanwhile failing to disclosure a minimum of $10 purchases was required to obtaining an discount.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2023 |title=Yolo County DA and Jamba Juice settle consumer protection lawsuit |url=https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2023/04/24/yolo-county-da-and-jamba-juice-settle-consumer-protection-lawsuit/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Daily Democrat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2023 |title=Jamba Juice Settles Consumer Protection Lawsuit with Yolo DA |url=https://yoloda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PRESS-RELEASE-JAMBA-JUICE-SETTLES-CONSUMER-PROTECTION-LAWSUIT.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425141014/https://yoloda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PRESS-RELEASE-JAMBA-JUICE-SETTLES-CONSUMER-PROTECTION-LAWSUIT.pdf |archive-date=25 Apr 2023 |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=yoloda.org}}</ref> On 21 April, Yolo County and Santa Cruz County District Attorneys reached a settlement agreement with Jamba, requiring the company pay $143,000 in addition to $6,750.0 in restitution to California Consumer Protection Trust Fund.
+Jamba was involved in a lawsuit with Yolo County and Santa Cruz County District after advertising customers will receive a discount for food and beverages discount if they download the app from July to December 2020. meanwhile failing to disclosure a minimum of $10 purchases was required to obtaining an discount.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2023 |title=Yolo County DA and Jamba Juice settle consumer protection lawsuit |url=https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2023/04/24/yolo-county-da-and-jamba-juice-settle-consumer-protection-lawsuit/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=Daily Democrat}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2023 |title=Jamba Juice Settles Consumer Protection Lawsuit with Yolo DA |url=https://yoloda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PRESS-RELEASE-JAMBA-JUICE-SETTLES-CONSUMER-PROTECTION-LAWSUIT.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425141014/https://yoloda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PRESS-RELEASE-JAMBA-JUICE-SETTLES-CONSUMER-PROTECTION-LAWSUIT.pdf |archive-date=25 Apr 2023 |access-date=15 Apr 2026 |website=yoloda.org}}</ref> On 21 April, Yolo County and Santa Cruz County District Attorneys reached a settlement agreement with Jamba, requiring the company pay $143,000 in addition to $6,750.0 in restitution to California Consumer Protection Trust Fund.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
 ==See also==