If you have a box of Truffettes de France in a cupboard, or you bought one for a gift table at some point since 2022, there is an open settlement with your name on it. It closes on November 4, 2026.
Before you get excited: the entire settlement fund is $300,000. Not $300 million. Three hundred thousand dollars, for every eligible buyer in Canada, and that figure has to cover the lawyers, the notice campaign and the administration before a single claimant sees anything.
It is still worth five minutes of your time. But you should know exactly what you are filing for, because several sites are describing this one in language that makes it sound far bigger than it is.
What the case is actually about
Truffettes de France is a cocoa-dusted truffle sold widely in Canadian grocery and warehouse stores. The name, and the packaging around it, point squarely at France.
The class action, filed in the Superior Court of Quebec in Montreal under file number 500-06-001373-253, alleges that Chocmod Canada Inc. marketed the products as French-manufactured and French-imported when they were not, and that consumers paid a premium for that impression.
That is an allegation. Chocmod denies liability and no court has found any wrongdoing. The settlement is a compromise to end the case without a trial, which is how the overwhelming majority of these matters finish.
The mechanism here is worth understanding, because it repeats. A label overstates something. The overstatement is worth maybe a dollar or two per purchase. No individual would ever sue over a dollar, so the conduct continues until someone aggregates every buyer into one claim. The result is a settlement where the principle is larger than the payout — the same shape as the CIBC trailing commission settlements, scaled down to the confectionery aisle.
Who is covered
The class: you live in Canada and you purchased at least one Truffettes de France product between April 7, 2022 and September 5, 2026.
The products: the notice lists fourteen, including Original Cocoa Truffles, Milk Chocolate Truffles, Milk & Hazelnut, Milk & Almond, Salted Caramel Cocoa, Coffee Crunch, Cognac Champagne, Organic Original, Organic Caramel Cocoa, Raspberry Flavoured Cocoa, 70% Cacao, “Pépites” Truffles, Double Coated Truffles and French Mallows.
Claim deadline: November 4, 2026.
Where to file: the official administrator is Angeion Group, at trufflesettlement.ca, with a French-language version at reglementtruffettes.ca. Class counsel is Actis Law Group. Nothing else is official.
Opting out is no longer possible. That window closed on September 5, 2026. If you did not opt out by then, you are bound by the outcome whether you file a claim or not. Filing is the only way to get anything out of it.
What you can actually get
The base rate is $3.00 per product. Without proof of purchase you can claim up to three products, so $9.00. With proof of purchase you can claim more than three.
The long-form notice then adds the part people skip: “Payments may be adjusted up or down depending on how many valid claims are submitted, up to a maximum of $18.00 per person.”
Read that carefully. It cuts both ways. If very few people file, your $9.00 could rise toward $18.00. If a lot of people file — and a national product sold in warehouse stores has a very large class — the per-person amount falls below $9.00 instead. Pro-rata means the fund is fixed and the arithmetic adjusts around it.
Nobody knows the final number yet, and be sceptical of any site that gives you a firm per-person figure. It cannot be calculated until the claim window shuts and every claim is adjudicated.
What counts as proof of purchase
The claim form accepts receipts, bank statements, credit card statements, and online order confirmations showing the purchase of a Truffettes de France product. A bank or card statement line is often easier to retrieve than a paper receipt you threw out in 2023, and most online banking portals hold several years of history.
You sign a declaration that the information is true, under penalty of law. Do not inflate the count. Administrators sample and audit.
The date almost nobody notices: November 3
This settlement has not been approved yet.
The approval hearing is scheduled for November 3, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 15.02 of the Montreal courthouse at 1 rue Notre-Dame East — one day before the claim deadline. Claims are being collected now, in advance of a judge deciding whether the deal is fair.
The settlement agreement spells out what happens if it is not approved: the money goes back to the defendant, less the notice, translation and administration costs already spent. In that scenario every claim filed produces nothing. That is not a prediction — most settlements presented for approval are approved — but it is the reason no one can promise you a cheque, and the reason the fund size matters. Class counsel will be asking the court for $100,000 in fees plus disbursements and taxes out of that same $300,000.
What to do this week
File the no-receipt claim if that is all you have. Three products, $9.00, a few minutes on the official site. If you genuinely bought them, that is a legitimate claim and the form is designed for exactly this situation.
Search your card statements before you settle for three. If you bought these regularly — and people who like them tend to buy them repeatedly around the holidays — proof of purchase lifts you past the three-product cap. Search your online banking for the retailer, not the brand, and work from the dates.
Do not pay anyone to file this for you. The claim process is free. Class counsel fees come out of the settlement fund, not your pocket. Anyone charging an upfront fee to “process your settlement claim” is not part of this case, and on a claim worth $9.00 a service fee guarantees you finish behind.
Expect the phishing to follow the publicity. Every settlement and every benefit change brings a wave of texts and emails asking you to “verify your details to release your payment.” The administrator does not need your SIN or your banking password to send you $9.00. We saw the same pattern after the Government of Canada account breach settlement opened. Type the settlement address into your browser yourself rather than following a link someone sent you.
Stack it with the deadlines already in front of you. If you are working through open claims this autumn, the Silk and Great Value recall settlement closes October 16 and is worth considerably more to anyone who was actually harmed, and our running list of October deadlines covers the rest. Do the big ones first. The chocolate can wait until the end of October.
More open settlements
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- $7.5M Silk and Great Value Recall Settlement: Who Can Actually Claim
- Canada’s $32.5 Billion Tobacco Settlement: The Claim Window That Runs to 2027
Figures and dates in this article are as of September 17, 2026, taken from the settlement agreement, long-form notice and claim form published by the claims administrator. This article is general information, not legal or financial advice. Settlement terms, deadlines and eligibility rules can change, and this settlement is subject to court approval on November 3, 2026. Always confirm details on the official settlement website or with class counsel before filing.
Tyler Bernick is a content writer covering Canadian settlement updates, scam alerts, and consumer rights. He aims to simplify complex legal topics and provide clear, reliable information to help Canadians make informed decisions.
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