On 28/04/2012 2:15 PM, Pennyaline wrote:

>
> 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).

In some cultures it is quite common to feed kids stuff like that. Dutch
children are often given "chocolate ants" ... chocolate sprinkles on
piece of buttered bread. Lots of other European kids get some sort of
chocolate nut spread.