Nutella are facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States

Is Nutella REALLY not healthy?!?

Written by Andreas von der Heydt

The makers of the hazelnut-spread Nutella are facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States over ads that claim the chocolaty product is “nutritious” and part of a “healthy breakfast.” In her statement of claim, plaintiff Ms. Hohenberg - mother of a four-year-old - says she was “shocked to learn” from friends “that Nutella was in fact not a ‘healthy,’ ‘nutritious’ food but was instead the next best thing to a candy bar.” Well, one could ask if is she has not been reading the product´s labels?  According to the Wall Street Journal’s website, Ferrero USA declined to comment on the lawsuit specifically. But a spokeswoman, Elise Titan, said “We stand behind the quality and ingredients of Nutella hazelnut spread and the advertising of our product”