Taco Bell is challenging a class action lawsuit, which was filed on Friday in a California court. The YUM Brands-owned fast-food chain vows to take “legal action” against claims that the beef items on its menu only contain 35 percent of the meat and don’t meet government label requirements.
The class action lawsuit, filed by Alabama law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, on behalf of a California Taco Bell customer, Amanda Obney, asserts that the majority of the meat mixture used in Taco Bell’s beef items is actually composed of ingredients like water, wheat, oats, soy lecithin, maltodrextrin, anti-dusting agent and modified corn starch. Therefore, the chain doesn’t meet U.S. Department of Agriculture standards to be labeled “beef,” per the suit.