Other reviewers echoed similar disappointments in Starbucks' whole bean French roast. One Target customer wrote, "This one does not taste similar to other French roasts that I've tried in the past ...

Starbucks whole bean French roast is the darkest of the dark. It hits the far right end of the roasters scale, in true French ...

Starbucks, meanwhile, dismissed Puroast’s claim as groundless while insisting its Dark French Roast fully complies with US Food and Drug Administration labeling requirements.

Starbucks French Roast coffee is as dark of a roast as it gets. This light-bodied, low-acidity roast has been a popular roast since 1971 and remains the best dark coffee roast today.

A package of Starbucks Dark French Roast Coffee states the only ingredient is whole bean Arabica coffee, leaving out potassium, the complaint argues. Puroast Coffee says the complaint has been ...

The complaint accuses Starbucks of failing to disclose that potassium is added during production of its Dark French Roast coffee, and labeling it as "100%" coffee means the company has and "is ...