Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating whether consumers who purchased Good Health chips and snacks marketed as made with avocado oil received products containing the type of cooking oil represented on their labels.
Good Health sells snack products that emphasize avocado oil as an ingredient, including avocado-oil potato chips. The use of avocado oil may be an important reason consumers select these products instead of conventional chips made with other vegetable oils.
Good Health was among the brands included in a 2026 University of California, Davis study examining the authenticity of avocado oil in processed foods.
Researchers tested 54 foods whose ingredient lists identified avocado oil as their only oil. They reported that 48 of those 54 samples—89%—had oil compositions inconsistent with authentic avocado oil.
Among avocado-oil chips, 26 of the 28 samples tested—93%—were inconsistent with the researchers’ avocado-oil authenticity criteria.
Why Consumers May Have Been Misled
The type of cooking oil used in a snack can be material to consumers who specifically seek products made with avocado oil.
Consumers may purchase Good Health avocado-oil products because they:
- prefer avocado oil to other cooking oils;
- seek to avoid certain vegetable or seed oils;
- perceive avocado oil as a premium ingredient;
- rely on the product’s ingredient list when making purchasing decisions; or
- are willing to pay more for snacks represented as being made with avocado oil.
If an avocado-oil-labeled product contained an oil composition materially inconsistent with authentic avocado oil, consumers may have paid a premium based on a representation that did not accurately describe the finished product.
Researchers Found Widespread Authenticity Problems
The UC Davis researchers analyzed fatty acids and sterols extracted from finished foods to determine whether their chemical profiles were consistent with authentic avocado oil.
They also evaluated whether cooking could explain the discrepancies. The researchers found that frying produced only minimal changes in the relevant authenticity markers.
Additionally, the researchers allowed a 10% margin for natural variation in authentic avocado oil.
Despite those allowances, nearly nine out of every ten avocado-oil processed-food samples tested were inconsistent with authentic avocado oil.
The study does not establish that every product sold under the brands included in the research was affected. Nor does it necessarily establish that manufacturers knowingly received or used adulterated oil. Problems may originate farther upstream with oil suppliers.
The findings nevertheless raise questions about whether consumers consistently received the avocado-oil products described on their labels.
We Are Interested in Hearing From Consumers Who
- purchased Good Health chips or snacks marketed as made with avocado oil;
- chose the product because avocado oil appeared on the label;
- specifically sought to avoid other vegetable or seed oils;
- paid a premium for Good Health avocado-oil products;
- purchased these products repeatedly;
- still possess packaging showing the product’s lot number or date code;
- have receipts, photographs, loyalty-card records, or online purchase histories; or
- would have paid less—or selected another product—had they known the oil might not match the product’s representations.
Please retain any packaging you still have. Product names, UPCs, expiration dates, and lot codes may help determine whether particular products or production runs were affected.
If you purchased Good Health snacks marketed as made with avocado oil and believe you may not have received what you paid for, please contact Migliaccio & Rathod LLP.
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Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is a Washington, D.C.-based law firm that represents consumers in class-action litigation nationwide.