Uber Eats Alters Super Bowl Ad After Peanut Allergy Backlash

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Uber Eats faced backlash for a scene in its Super Bowl commercial featuring a man having an allergic reaction to peanut butter, prompting the non-profit group Food Allergy Research & Education to criticize the use of life-threatening food allergies as humor. After discussions with FARE, Uber Eats edited the ad to remove the reference to the peanut allergy.
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