LaCroix faces lawsuit for allegedly including cockroach insecticide in its sparkling water.

[Cattledog]

A lawsuit filed against LaCroix's parent company alleges the sparkling water advertised as "all natural" includes an ingredient used in cockroach insecticide as well as other artificial ingredients.

Law firm Beaumont Costales filed the suit on behalf of customer Lenora Rice, CBS Philadelphia reports, and claims testing revealed the synthetic ingredients. LaCroix denies the allegations.

"LaCroix in fact contains ingredients that have been identified by the Food and Drug Administration as synthetic,” the lawsuit obtained by CBS states. "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."

The lawsuit also states LaCroix makers are aware of the alleged unnatural ingredients.

National Beverage Corp. denies the allegations, saying all essences in LaCroix sparkling waters are all 100 percent natural.

"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,'” the company said in a statement earlier this week.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/10/05/lacroix-lawsuit-claims-sparkling-water-ingredients-cockroach-insecticide/1532241002/

[wishstar]

1. Those Lacroix flavored water drinks are extremely popular and people think they're healthy

My neighbors and customers I see in stores consume them in huge quantities instead of plain water.

Oddly though we had never tried it, but we picked up a bottle at Dollar Tree last week and didn't like it and already decided we wouldn't get it again.

[tavernier]

2. I loved drinking these seltzers until I started having

stomach pains, and I’m including them all, not just LaCroix. After some research I discovered that the high level of carbonation can cause IBS, irritate diverticulosis, and cause throat problems, because the body reacts to the carbonation the same way it reacts to very hot liquids, causing an inflammatory response in some people. I gave them up for chilled herbal tea, and the pains subsided.

[obamanut2012]

3. A nuisance lawsuit by a known nuisance law firm

Nothing even close to "insecticide" is in it -- it is scents from plants used in many things. It is food grade. Know what else is in insecticide? Water. And, what else is a flea/roach/etc. repellent? Diatomaceous Earth, which is edible, and which you can buy on Amazon as a food. Again, this is a law firm that sues companies for dumb stuff all the time in nuisance suits hoping for a settlement. Ask yourself why they targeted Lacroix? Because it is the iconic seltzer brand right now. People must learn to recognize fake "science" and clickbait.

[Blue_true]

4. True. All the substances in the seltzer are natural extracts.

People fail to realize that things that we consume regularly, like peppermint or spearmint become problematic above certain concentrations, yet, they show up in lots of perfectly ok food products.

[Jane Austin]

5. I used to drink the lime version until I got a case

that had a chemical aftertaste.

I haven't had one since, although I do drink other brands of selzers. I find them very refreshing.