In National Advertising Division Case, GuruNanda Voluntarily Discontinues Claims Made through Influencers for Coconut Pulling Oil Products
New York, NY – July 16, 2024 – BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division has closed a Fast-Track SWIFT challenge initiated by Oral Essentials, Inc. regarding claims that competitor GuruNanda’s coconut pulling oil products, Coconut + Mint Pulling Oil and Cocomint Pulling Oil with 7 Essential Oils, can “naturally reverse a cavity” and “reverse cavities.”
Oral Essentials produces and markets oral hygiene products under its Lumineux brand. GuruNanda makes personal and oral care products focusing on holistic care.
Fast-Track SWIFT is an expedited process designed for single-issue advertising cases brought to the National Advertising Division (NAD).
The challenged claims appeared in videos on influencers’ TikTok and Instagram accounts, with some reposted to GuruNanda’s official Instagram page.
GuruNanda informed NAD that it would permanently discontinue the challenged claims, including content made by affiliated influencers and content reposted to its own advertising and social media pages. Therefore, NAD did not review the claims on their merits and will treat the claims, for compliance purposes, as though NAD recommended they be discontinued.
In its advertiser statement, GuruNanda stated that it will comply with NAD’s decision and that it “did not authorize these claims,” however it is “committed to truthful advertising and will use every resource available to ensure that parties known to us, by any means, who are making these false statements about our products will cease making such claims.”
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