A growing controversy surrounding David protein bars — a viral favorite among wellness influencers — is drawing comparisons to the movie “Mean Girls.”
A class action lawsuit filed in January alleges that the popular bars have more than 400% more fat and 80% more calories than advertised. It has prompted a flurry of recent social media posts referring to the film’s queen-bee character Regina George, who finds out that the “healthy” diet bars she was given are actually making her gain weight, not lose it. Others likened the situation to the “Seinfeld” episode in which the “nonfat” yogurt that everyone’s obsessed with is — spoiler alert — full of fat.
On Wednesday, the company’s founder, Peter Rahal, responded in a statement on X: “No one is getting Regina Georged.”
In an interview, Rahal said the issue comes down to the way calories are calculated.
“It’s a frivolous case where they’re using the wrong measurement
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