Why outrageous ad claims are 100% legal

MinuteFood โ€ข June 21, 2025
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Thereโ€™s a robust system in place to protect US consumers from misleading advertisingโ€ฆbut that doesnโ€™t mean you should actually believe what companies say. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐˜†-๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐˜†: -Gao Z, Scorpio E (2011). Does Puffery Deceive? An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Consumer Policy 34(2), 249โ€“264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-011-9159-4 -Haan P, Berkey, C (2002). A study of the believability of the forms of puffery. Journal of Marketing Communications 8(4), 243โ€“256. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527260210162282 -Rotfeld H, Rotzoll K (1980) Is Advertising Puffery Believed? Journal of Advertising 9(3)16-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/00913367.1980.10673326 -Simonson A, Holbrook, M (1993). Permissible Puffery versus Actionable Warranty in Advertising and Salestalk: An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing 12(2), 216-233. https://doi.org/10.1177/074391569101200207 ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ (๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ) ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€: -https://marketinglaw.osborneclarke.com/retailing/colgates-80-of-dentists-recommend-claim-under-fire/ -https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ffaa7d6b-c8fe-400a-adcc-d20e1a946db6 -https://aminiconant.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Puffery-in-Advertising.pdf -https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/12/16/39-most-outrageous-product-claims-of-all-time/115127274/ -https://www.afslaw.com/perspectives/consumer-products-watch/mere-puffery-vs-false-advertising-recent-trends -https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/speeches/myths-half-truths-about-deceptive-advertising -https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2010/09/ftc-complaint-charges-deceptive-advertising-pom-wonderful -https://www.cspinet.org/news/airborne-agrees-pay-233-million-settle-lawsuit-over-false-advertising-its-miracle-cold-buster ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜€: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIiu89zKa4U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDX7xYKDOlo ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€: -https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploadedfiles/Another/News/Press_Releases/2016-10-07%20FINAL%20MEMORANDUM%20OPINION.PDF -https://advance.lexis.com/documentpage/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=c34a80b5-e25d-46df-bab8-eb9551c5bb3a&config=00JABhZjY0ZmI3Ny04MzkwLTRlMzAtYjllNC03MzdlOTgyYTY2MDEKAFBvZENhdGFsb2eA00v3ycmKG7ve38pfdpvF&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5VNR-0GF1-DXHD-G21K-00008-00&pdcontentcomponentid=506038&pdteaserkey=sr0&pditab=allpods&ecomp=6s65kkk&earg=sr0&prid=211b02c8-3ac6-4db0-a3fb-7b175be044b7 -https://ojd.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/digital/api/collection/p17027coll5/id/31022/download#page=1&zoom=auto -https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/supreme-court/2023/s068857.html -https://www.ius.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:f3af9c9d-3cd6-45ba-8666-bd7d23bf5a12/Carill%20v.%20Carbolic%20Smoke%20Ball%20Company.pdf ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ: -John Mann, Professor of Business at Arapahoe Community College -Mona Wolf, Owner, The Wolf Group **I also had a few background sources for this video that preferred to remain off-the-record. MinuteFood is created by Kate Yoshida, Arcadi Garcia & Leonardo Souza, and produced by Neptune Studios LLC. Youtube | https://youtube.com/minutefood TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minutefood_ Twitter | https://twitter.com/minutefood Instagram | https://instagram.com/minutefood_ Facebook | https://facebook.com/minutefood