![]() "Unlike Fireball Whisky, Fireball Cinnamon malt or wine-based products can be sold in beer, malt beverage and wine stores for our fans who want a wider variety of convenient shopping locations. "Fireball Cinnamon products include malt-based and wine-based (currently in Oregon only) alcoholic beverages, whereas Fireball Whisky is whisky-based," according to Fireball's website. "What the label means to say is that the product contains 'natural whisky flavors & other flavors,' but by not including the word 'flavors' after 'natural whisky,' purchasers who look closely will expect the distilled spirit of whiskey was added as a separate ingredient," the lawsuit states. Side-by-side comparison of Fireball bottles large and mini, which a lawsuit describes as "indistinguishable." Illinois court documents In a side-by-side comparison photo featured in court documents, the mini bottles do not contain the whisky identity, but rather everything else consumers would find on the large label, leading to Marquez claiming customers are being misled. ![]() Thus claiming the imagery of the labels is deceiving. One woman did and now she's filed a lawsuit against the makers of the popular liquor over what she feels is "indistinguishable."Īnna Marquez, who resides in Chicago, claims in a class action lawsuit against the Sazerac Company, that the contents of both the large and mini bottles of Fireball Cinnamon look the same, however, it is the mini versions that do not contain whiskey.
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