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A nice quote[0]: > Nutella maker, Ferrero, launched an advertising campaign in response to reassure customers that their product is safe. The company insists o
by hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
A nice quote[0]:
> Nutella maker, Ferrero, launched an advertising campaign in response to reassure customers that their product is safe. The company insists on keeping their recipe the same, claiming that “making Nutella without palm oil would produce an inferior substitute for the real product, it would be a step backward,” according to Fererro’s purchasing manager, Vincenzo Tapella. The smooth texture Tapella is referring to could be achieved by more expensive oils like sunflower or rapeseed but would increase the cost of production by as much as $22 million.
This was basically the same BS that Johnson & Johnson used to defend BPA baby bottles before the ban.
[0] https://www.prescouter.com/2017/02/dangers-palm-oil-nutella-removed-shelves/ https://www.prescouter.com/2017/02/dangers-palm-oil-nutella-...
- debacle 5y agoFunny, because hazelnut spread without palm oil tastes 500% better than with.
- QuercusMax 5y agoYeah, without the palm oil filler, it tastes much more of chocolate and hazelnut. Even better if you get rid of a bunch of the sugar, as well - Nutella is pretty much the same as cake frosting when you break it down.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoWell, if you ditch the palm oil and sugar leaving nuts and raw chocolate, I dare say it even gets healthy. Maybe they could do that - they could then return to their marketing campaign presenting Nutella as healthy (in small servings!) and avoid hefty fines for lying to their customers.
- QuercusMax 5y agoThat sounds amazingly delicious and I wish I could buy that.