If you buy Nutella

[Anonymous]

That's funny, cause my husband and I always made fun of those commercials. They actually show a mom feeding her kids a breakfast of nutella on wheat bread, cereal, and a banana and say something like "part of your nutritious breakfast". They also say that it's made from nuts with a hint of cocoa. Yeah right. They should have gotten sued - that's really manipulative advertising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's incredible to me that people get money for being dumb.

All the time. Lots of dumb folks make a lot of money, too.

[Anonymous]

21:24 If you and DH made fun of those commercials, then it was known by some/many viewers that the ads were silly. I scoffed at them myself. What does a class action suit accomplish except enrich a few class action lawyers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks. Personally, I think this is NUTS -- no pun intended. I cannot believe this woman didn't read the ingredients. Customers will get something like $20 apiece, per the press reports I've read. And the lawyers? Argh!

The issue is not that she can't read. She read the marketing, determined that it is full of lies, and was willing to sue. She's acting as a watchdog, holding a manufacturer accountable. We should be happy about that.

Huh? Since when is spreadable chocolate healthy?

On another note, companies are feeding us bullshit advertisements all day long.....

Yes and we should put a stop to it. Good for her. Lying shouldn't be tolerated. The product claims to be made of "hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa". If you haven't tried it you might believe it and buy it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks. Personally, I think this is NUTS -- no pun intended. I cannot believe this woman didn't read the ingredients. Customers will get something like $20 apiece, per the press reports I've read. And the lawyers? Argh!

The issue is not that she can't read. She read the marketing, determined that it is full of lies, and was willing to sue. She's acting as a watchdog, holding a manufacturer accountable. We should be happy about that.

Huh? Since when is spreadable chocolate healthy?

On another note, companies are feeding us bullshit advertisements all day long.....

Yes and we should put a stop to it. Good for her. Lying shouldn't be tolerated. The product claims to be made of "hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa". If you haven't tried it you might believe it and buy it.

What is it really made of?

[Anonymous]

sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk, reduced minerals whey (milk), lecithin as emulsifier (soy), vanillin: an artificial flavor.

Sugar's the first ingredient. Palm oil is the second. Who mistook this food for healthy?

I agree that the advertising was deceptive if they marketed it as nutritious, but really, the label will tell you what it really is.

[Anonymous]

This is making me laugh. This would be like saying McDonald's is healthy (pre-salad days). Or smoking did not give you cancer. How can anyone sympathize with people who think this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do I have to prove I bought it or will they take my word?

I had no idea that Nutella was unhealthy. My kids often sit down for a healthy breakfast of poptarts, with Nutella spread on them.

Mine, too -- with a milkshake on the side, for dairy.

What is wrong with you? That is so unhealthy. My kids eat that but with diet soda!

[Anonymous]

One of those ads made me feel guity for about 30 seconds about my children's hurried breakfasts. Then I remembered that nutella is essentially frosting.

[Anonymous]

well, i'm a relatively smart person (phi beta kappa, top 10 law school) and i kind of took the advertising at it's word. i feel stupid now, after reading this thread, but i kind of thought maybe there was something special about hazelnuts and didn't think much more about it.

so, i won't offer the "brown stuff" for our sunday waffles and will stop eating nutella and peanut butter on the same spoon (so tasty, by the way).

anyway, not everyone remembers to read the labels and think super hard about their food. not really justifying it, but i think it's fair to acknowledge that some reasonably smart folks could have let laziness reign the day and have some right to be annoyed now that the advertising was misleading.

[Anonymous]

I think the same should apply to formula commercials.

I love how in Canada formula commercials are not allowed to mention breast milk.

OK, ready, set, GO!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:well, i'm a relatively smart person (phi beta kappa, top 10 law school) and i kind of took the advertising at it's word. i feel stupid now, after reading this thread, but i kind of thought maybe there was something special about hazelnuts and didn't think much more about it.

so, i won't offer the "brown stuff" for our sunday waffles and will stop eating nutella and peanut butter on the same spoon (so tasty, by the way).

anyway, not everyone remembers to read the labels and think super hard about their food. not really justifying it, but i think it's fair to acknowledge that some reasonably smart folks could have let laziness reign the day and have some right to be annoyed now that the advertising was misleading.

+1!! And for what it is worth, I am kind of pissed off at this whole thread now because I love nutella ( for me, not the kids and I have three) and now I will only be able to think of it as frosting as the PP said. Maybe it is ok for us to trick ourselves every once in a while into thinking we can eat frosting on whole wheat toast? Or waffles. Or with strawberries. Or mixed in a mocha. Damn it all to hell.

[Anonymous]

I'm eating a spoon full of nutella as i read this.

I don't really care what's in it. It tastes so good!

[Anonymous]

What?! People watch commercials still?! Doesn't everyone have a TiVo?

I haven't seen the commercial but nutella isn't healthy -- delicious not healthy. I wish now that I had seen the ad!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks. Personally, I think this is NUTS -- no pun intended. I cannot believe this woman didn't read the ingredients. Customers will get something like $20 apiece, per the press reports I've read. And the lawyers? Argh!

The issue is not that she can't read. She read the marketing, determined that it is full of lies, and was willing to sue. She's acting as a watchdog, holding a manufacturer accountable. We should be happy about that.

Yes! This plaintiff isn't dumb, she's providing a public service by acting as a private attorney general. Everyone should stop criticizing her and realize that she's doing something good. Companies should not be allowed to lie in their advertisements, and now this plaintiff (and her attorneys) have made one company pay for it. I encourage everyone who is a member of the class to collect. Even if your recovery is small, the point is to make the defendant pay. Defendants like this bet on the fact that people won't bother to file claims, which only benefits the defendant at the end. So all of you Nutella purchasers should file claims now!!