What the hell is the world coming to?
I’m sure that when Zeus lounges back in his throne, just pooped out from all that hurtling of thunderbolts from the crown of Olympus, he reaches for a Nutella sandwich. They are that good.
Out-of-control prison riots have been becalmed with the promise of extra Nutella rations.
mmm-mmm good --- but NOT packed full of vitamins and minerals (photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
And today, here’s news of a certified Mother-of-the-Year, who is suing Ferrero, maker of that wonderful nectar of the gods, because she was misled to think that that Nutella was “healthy” ….
Nutella sets aside $3 mn for US class action
Athena Hohenberg, the mother of a preschooler in San Diego, California, launched the class action lawsuit early last year, alleging that Ferrero has pitched Nutella as something “healthier than it actually is.”
She was “shocked to learn that Nutella was in fact, not ‘healthy, nutritious’ food, but instead was the next best thing to a candy bar, and that Nutella contains dangerous level of saturated fat,” her lawsuit said.
Shame, SHAME on this evil corporation for making the outrageous claim that Nutella could “turn a balanced breakfast into a tasty one”!
Other food companies have been making this claim since Shep was a pup, that such-and-such is part of a balanced breakfast. Cocoa Puffs, Crap’N Crunch or cigarettes, they could all be part of nutrionally balanced breakfast… as long as you chase everything with orange juice.
Ms. Hohenberg was “shocked” .. (shocked, I tell you!) by the head-smacking revelation that a chocolate spread was in fact, a chocolate spread. Yep, somewhat similar to chocolate candy bars, upon which Athena might well direct her outrage next. One might say that this gal is not living up to the virtues of her namesake goddess, who embodied “…courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice…”. Not sure if the Greeks had a patron deity for simpletons and ninnies.
We are all witnesses to the slow death spiral of the American Empire, where all are all victims with no intellect or free will, where any litigious pinhead with a beef can tie up court resources for a frilly lawsuit of this tripe type.
Words fail me now…
Our world is lacking common sense. Lawsuits are fashion symbols now ever since that lady in Texas sued McDonald’s for her lack of common sense and made millions.
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Hi Shilpan – fashion symbols… interesting way to put it. Amazing what a scalded crotch can get you.
McDonald’s knew the coffee was too hot (their quality control manager testified it was unfit for consumption as it would burn the mouth and throat), and the (80-year old) lady didn’t just have a “scalded crotch”, she had third degree burns and needed skin grafts.
That’s a bad example, that lawsuit was in no way frivolous.
Nutella’s hazelnut butter has high levels of saturated fat? Has she ever looked at the nutrition info on hazelnuts themselves? One ounce has 17 grams of fat and 1 gram of saturated fat. It takes ~1 1/3 ounces of nuts to make one ounce of a nut butter.
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Hi Edward – When I first brought Nutella into the household and started feeding it to our boys, I argued that of course it was a health food, it has hazelnuts in it (by golly!). Mrs. 101 didn’t buy it for a second. A compromise was reached. As long as it was paired up with fruit, moderate amounts were OK.
What an idiot? How could Ms. Hohenberg think Nutella was a health food. Like Edward, I’m wondering if she bothered to look at the nutritional info on the jar. Well, of course she did. Nutella tastes like chocolate! When was the last time you ate something that taste like chocolate, and said “Mmm. This is a necessary diet staple for fat loss, muscle growth, and cardiovascular health.”
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LOL!
Shawanda, Nutella does indeed have mysterious powers, but promoting fat loss ain’t one of them.
Man, I thought the chocolaty goodness would help me lose 10 lbs! I guess I must now sue for $1 million!
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$10 million, plus another 10 for mental distress! Throw the book at ‘em!
People encourage regulations to disclose the nutritional information of foods, yet ignore the warnings they wanted. Makes no sense.
JT, I’m thinking that regular home pantry inspections by licensed nutritionists are in our future. For our own good, of course.
I’m not sure I see the point of these regulations, anyways. They encouraged products like margarine and hydrogenated fats for years, because they had less of the “evil” saturated fat. Now the pendulum is swinging back and oops, those hydrogenated fats weren’t so healthy, after all.
Some regulations like bacteria levels and stuff like that probably make sense, but on some other topics, the regulators are just as clueless and arbitrarily making things up.
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Gotta love frivolous lawsuits. I’m surprised they only set aside $3 Million.
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Right… a $3 Million class action lawsuit is laughable. Every claimant gets what, a total refund of twenty bucks? Silly…
Oi is all I can say. The lack of education and knowledge seeking that people have now a days shocks me. Does anyone even read nutrition labels anymore or do they just shove anything that even resembles something edible into their mouth?!
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The latter, I think, Miss T. And more’s the pity.
I hope the judge throw this out of court. What a dumb ass!
I love nutella.
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Me too. I grew up on the stuff. Slathered over a thick slice of Italian bread, it was a favorite but unfortunately infrequent afternoon snack.
I love nutella on crepes. But it is loaded with sugar. It is really not that healthy.
Right, it’s not. But add some sliced bananas, and it’s taste bud magic.
I’m not so worried about the Saturated Fat – but Nutella is a sugar bomb. 21 grams of sugar per serving, and who stops at 1?
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One jar? Hardly anyone.
When did anyone ever think that Nutella WAS a health food? Saturated fat seems to be an open question so I’m not sure that line of attack is scientifically valid, but the sugar? Heh…. but if your kids are physically active I suppose it’s not the worst thing they can eat.
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But, but, but it has a picture of a hazelnuts and a daffodil on the front!! Surely it must be good for you?!
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