A putative class action that accuses the manufacturer of Dreamfields Pasta of false advertising is all but done, and a proposed settlement filed April 14 would, if approved, require Dakota Growers Pasta Co. to pay nearly $8 million to consumers and to the plaintiffs’ attorneys.

The suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey challenged Dakota Growers’ labeling and marketing of the pasta as healthier than regular spaghetti, macaroni and other such noodles because it contained fewer grams of “digestible” carbohydrates.

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