Americans
with fat behinds, low IQs, and a hankering for Nutella chocolate spread
have won a great moral and legal victory courtesy of the beneficent
nanny state and vigilant law firms.
A $3 million class-action lawsuit has been settled against Italian maker of Nutella -- all for having "implied" in its advertising that the chocolate spread is healthier than it really is.
One of Nutella's allegedly duplicitous television commercials, below, shows a pretty soccer mom serving her kids Nutella for breakfast. What must TV viewers of a certain ideological percussion have thought of this commercial? Probably something like: Isn't it disgusting how capitalistic pigs like Nutella sell their unhealthy products to America's unsuspecting moms and their kids?
The main issue in the suit, according to the class-action claim's website, is that "Defendant Ferrero made representations through its marketing and advertising of Nutella brand hazelnut spread, improperly suggesting that Nutella is healthier than it actually is. Ferrero denies the allegations and stands by its products and advertising."
The origins of the suit (one for California, the other the rest of the country) started with an epiphany that plaintiff Athena Hohenberg of San Diego experienced last year. The mother of a 4-year-old said she was "shocked" to learn Nutella chocolate spread was in fact loaded with calories and sugar, even though its advertising noted that it contained some wholesome products -- hazelnuts, skim milk and such. It's unclear how this epiphany occurred. Could it be that Hohenberg finally bothered to look on the ingredients that Nutella always had on the back of its labels?
A $3 million class-action lawsuit has been settled against Italian maker of Nutella -- all for having "implied" in its advertising that the chocolate spread is healthier than it really is.
One of Nutella's allegedly duplicitous television commercials, below, shows a pretty soccer mom serving her kids Nutella for breakfast. What must TV viewers of a certain ideological percussion have thought of this commercial? Probably something like: Isn't it disgusting how capitalistic pigs like Nutella sell their unhealthy products to America's unsuspecting moms and their kids?
The main issue in the suit, according to the class-action claim's website, is that "Defendant Ferrero made representations through its marketing and advertising of Nutella brand hazelnut spread, improperly suggesting that Nutella is healthier than it actually is. Ferrero denies the allegations and stands by its products and advertising."
The origins of the suit (one for California, the other the rest of the country) started with an epiphany that plaintiff Athena Hohenberg of San Diego experienced last year. The mother of a 4-year-old said she was "shocked" to learn Nutella chocolate spread was in fact loaded with calories and sugar, even though its advertising noted that it contained some wholesome products -- hazelnuts, skim milk and such. It's unclear how this epiphany occurred. Could it be that Hohenberg finally bothered to look on the ingredients that Nutella always had on the back of its labels?
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