On 4/28/2012 11:56 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 4/28/2012 1:37 PM, Gary wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> They were advertising Nutella as a healthful spread compared
>>> to others. Some woman fed it to her kids and at some point
>>> decided to read the label. Shockingly, chocolate hazelnut
>>> spread is not free of calories.
>>>
>>> This outraged her so much that she sued.
>
>> I would love to be on that jury, luckily for her I won't be.
>
> I exaggerated that she thought it had no calories, but you
> get the idea. It's 100 calories a tablespoon. It's lower in
> fat than peanut butter, I think.
>
> She would probably have believed those old commercials that
> said smoking was good for you. The first puff should tell
> anyone that's not right. Same with this woman, the minute
> she used it she should have thought, this is not diet food.


Nobody thought it was "diet food," either. Nutella has been promoted as
a healthy alternative to peanut butter, butter and other sandwich
spreads for years and years, as well as a good breakfast food for kids.
The first two ingredients on its label are sugar and fat. It is per
serving comparable to sweetened breakfast cereals in terms of empty
calories (cereal companies still try to promote their products as
wholesome, too).