Millions of yogurt-eating Canadians are eligible for a little windfall from Danone Inc., from a class-action lawsuit about advertising health claims.

A Montreal woman had brought the lawsuit against the Canadian subsidiary of the global diary giant in October, 2009, a few weeks after the U.S. subsidiary settled a class-action lawsuit over the same issues.

The two sides announced the Canadian settlement on Monday.

In both cases, the lawsuits challenged Danone’s claims that Activia yogurt or DanActive probiotic drinks could aid digestion or prevent colds.

And in both cases, Danone settled without admitting any wrongdoing, although agreeing to modify its advertising claims.

In Canada, anyone who bought or will buy Activia yogurt of DanActive drinks between April 1, 2009 and Nov. 6, 2012, is eligible for from $15 to $50, depending on how much they spent.

Claims are to be filed through the website www.collectiva.ca.

The settlement is subject to a routine final approval by the Quebec Superior Court at a hearing on Nov. 6. Claims are to be made within 90 days of that court hearing and require a proof of purchase or a sworn statement.

The woman who brought the lawsuit, Emmanuelle Sonego, chief financial officer at furniture company in Montreal, will receive $5,000.

Sonego and her lawyer, David Assor of Lex Group in Westmount, Que., declined comment, although legal notices of the settlements were published on Monday.

Assor told the Star the settlement contains a non-disclosure clause.

“We have accepted, without acknowledging the grounds raised by the petitioner, to clarify certain … communications,” company spokeswoman Anne-Julie Maltais told the Star.

“The company decided to settle the matter to avoid further litigation.”

She called it “premature” to speculate on how much money Danone will have to pay Canadian customers.

None of the disputed health benefit claims currently appears on the company’s Canadian website.

The U.S. class action lawsuit, filed in January 2008, and settled in September 2009, paid out only about $1 million from an available fund of $35 million. Dannon, as the U.S. subsidiary is known, also paid $21 million to 39 states in an attorney-general led consumer protection multi-state settlement.

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission had ruled in December 2010 on the states’ challenge to the dairy company.

“Companies like Dannon shouldn’t exaggerate the strength of scientific support for their products,” FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz said at the time.