If it’s not butter, then what is it? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit weighed in on the controversy, tossing out a lawsuit that alleged misrepresentation by the product’s onetime manufacturer.

The Ninth Circuit court affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of the Food and Drug Cosmetic Act suit, in which a class of consumers contended that “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!” Spray’s label makes misrepresentations about the fat and calorie content based on “artificially low serving sizes.”

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