Nutella - the new health food?
I've been seeing TV commercials that are coming to within a hairsbreadth of claiming that Nutella is a health food. They make it sound like it's going to persuade stubborn children to eat their vegetables.
If this is the nutella I know and love, it's more like a chocolate dip than health food.
According to Wikipedia:
"Nutella is a modified form of gianduja. The exact recipe is a secret closely guarded by Ferrero. According to the product label, the main ingredients of Nutella are sugar and modified vegetable oils, followed by hazelnut, cocoa and skimmed milk, which together comprise at most 28% of the ingredients. The recipe for Nutella varies in different countries: for example, the Italian formulation uses less sugar than the product sold in France. Nutella is marketed as "hazelnut cream" in many countries. Under Italian law, it cannot be labeled as a chocolate cream, as it does not meet minimum cocoa concentration criteria.
About half of the calories in Nutella come from fat (11 g in a 37 g serving, or 99 kcal out of 200 kcal) and about 40% of the calories come from sugar (20 g, 80 kcal).[1]"
For a moment I thought "there ought to be a law against making such ridiculous claims", but anybody who has ever tasted it and could possibly imagine that it's good for you is just beyond all help, anyway.
If this is the nutella I know and love, it's more like a chocolate dip than health food.
According to Wikipedia:
"Nutella is a modified form of gianduja. The exact recipe is a secret closely guarded by Ferrero. According to the product label, the main ingredients of Nutella are sugar and modified vegetable oils, followed by hazelnut, cocoa and skimmed milk, which together comprise at most 28% of the ingredients. The recipe for Nutella varies in different countries: for example, the Italian formulation uses less sugar than the product sold in France. Nutella is marketed as "hazelnut cream" in many countries. Under Italian law, it cannot be labeled as a chocolate cream, as it does not meet minimum cocoa concentration criteria.
About half of the calories in Nutella come from fat (11 g in a 37 g serving, or 99 kcal out of 200 kcal) and about 40% of the calories come from sugar (20 g, 80 kcal).[1]"
For a moment I thought "there ought to be a law against making such ridiculous claims", but anybody who has ever tasted it and could possibly imagine that it's good for you is just beyond all help, anyway.