Nutella: Healthy or Not?
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I've never tried it myself (hazelnut allergy), I don't think I'd try it even if I could though. My niece and nephew (3 and 5) eat it every single day, and since their mother says she only feeds them healthy foods, she must believe that nutella is in fact good for them....
a single serving of nutella is 15g... if the kids are only having that much on toast or bread each day as part of abalanced diet then i dont see how its 'bad'?
its all of us who eat it out the jar that have the problem!!!0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »I've never tried it myself (hazelnut allergy), I don't think I'd try it even if I could though. My niece and nephew (3 and 5) eat it every single day, and since their mother says she only feeds them healthy foods, she must believe that nutella is in fact good for them....
a single serving of nutella is 15g... if the kids are only having that much on toast or bread each day as part of abalanced diet then i dont see how its 'bad'?
its all of us who eat it out the jar that have the problem!!!
it's not a problem. It's just chic to randomly call things unhealthy, much in the same way oprah randomly gives out things.0 -
Nutella can fit very well into a healthy diet.
Context and dosage - all food can be part of a healthy diet0 -
just read the article. so she's saying that the website is misleading and you have to read the back of the nutella jar to know the ingredients. isn't the default for most people to read the jar anyway? i wouldn't even bother with the website. she really isn't revealing anything that anyone with a brain can't figure out for themselves.0
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HeidiCooksSupper wrote: »This is a great article discussing the pros and cons of Nutella by looking at its ingredients. Labeling foods as good or bad may be a false dichotomy but consider her conclusion:
"The bottom line: Why try to make out something is healthy when it’s not? And clearly not, when you look at the true list of Nutella ingredients. Just accept Nutella for the chocolatey treat it is! Have it on toast, croissant or crepes. It’s a good case of clever marketing that highlights the few positives — and says nothing about the bad things."
Here's the link: http://foodwatch.com.au/blog/additives-and-labels/item/nutella-the-full-correct-list-of-ingredients.html
Is that a direct quote from the conclusion? If so, I don't want to struggle trough the rest of the article.
Are companies supposed to highlight the potential cons of their products during marketing? If a person needs calories, carbs, and fat..or finds it delicious and wants a treat..nutella is a good product.
I'm with everyone else who never thought nutella was 'healthy'..if by healthy you mean full of vital nutrients and to be consumed regularly.0 -
everything is healthy if you can find enough excuses to justify it.0
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I consider myself lucky that I'm no fan of Nutella because it seems to be a hot item now.0
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It's basically chocolate spread. I don't care for hazelnut so am not fond of it. It's fine to eat, but I wouldn't say it's "healthy" and wouldn't give it to my kids for breakfast.0
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Definitely not healthy, though fine if only eating it occasionally.0
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and you really just have to taste it to know that the first ingredient is most likely sugar, not hazelnuts. i don't even need to read the back of the label to figure that point out.
I kind of dislike hazelnuts and they leave a weird feeling on my tongue that seems sort of allergy-like maybe. I'm good with nutella though.0 -
The point is MOOT! It’s creamy, chocolaty, hazelnut goodness trumps any health concerns PERIOD!!! They could put asbestos in it and I would still eat it! Ok maybe that’s going a bit far but you get the point. Just don’t eat a jar a day of it and you’ll be fine.0
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Thank you for using moot and not mute. Irks me how many people call a point mute. I just ask them how do they know? Maybe it just chose to stop talking.
They don't get it.0 -
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Well I don't really care about the debate of whether it is healthy or not. I boycott it as it has palm oil in it...why do I care?
Because Orangutans are endangered and at risk of extinction. The single greatest threat facing orangutans today is habitat loss.
The average annual rate of forest loss in Indonesia was 498,000 hectare (ha) (FAO, 2010) from 2000 to 2010 or the equivalent of over 55 rugby fields per hour.
The expanding palm oil industry has been a key driver of this deforestation. In the decade to 2010, Indonesian plantation area nearly doubled to close to 8.0 million ha and is expected to near 13 million ha by 2020 (PWC, 2012).
Is there such a thing as sustainable palm oil?
Yes - about 14% of palm oil production is now certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO). This oil has been produced according to a set of environmental and social criteria designed to ensure the rights of local communities are respected and that no new primary forests or high conservation value areas have been cleared for palm oil production since November 2005.
The food group Ferrero has announced that its flagship product Nutella is now using 100% segregated palm oil certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in the French market. This decision affects its production units in France, but also one in Italy and another in Germany, supplying other European markets. Ferrero also confirmed that it will source exclusively RSPO-certified palm oil globally starting from 2014, bringing its initial target forward by one year.
So till they are using sustainable palm oil exclusively it will not be on my shelf anytime soon.0 -
It's pretty easy to make your own "nutella" at home, then you can tweak the ingredients to your liking...any make a smaller batch so you aren't so tempted to eat a whole jar. As far as the advertising I think they are just trying to piggyback on the "healthy" image of other nut butters. I think with anything it's really up to the consumer to be skeptical of any advertising, because it's not going to change anytime soon.0
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KombuchaCat wrote: »It's pretty easy to make your own "nutella" at home, then you can tweak the ingredients to your liking...any make a smaller batch so you aren't so tempted to eat a whole jar. As far as the advertising I think they are just trying to piggyback on the "healthy" image of other nut butters. I think with anything it's really up to the consumer to be skeptical of any advertising, because it's not going to change anytime soon.
It's not the same. Still delicious, but not the same.0 -
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If I needed to take in some additional fat & carbs then yes it seems like a good food.0
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it's not bad in moderation, but it is disingenuous for the company to specifically market it as healthy if that's what they are doing.0
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Thank you for using moot and not mute. Irks me how many people call a point mute. I just ask them how do they know? Maybe it just chose to stop talking.
They don't get it.
LOL... I’m not judging but most likely they are the same people who use irregardless. Nevertheless, who am I to say anything English is a second language for me, I usually communicate with clicks, grunts, and baring my teeth.0 -
it's not bad in moderation, but it is disingenuous for the company to specifically market it as healthy if that's what they are doing.
except of course healthy is an ambiguous term that means nothing.
Healthy as compared to what? A bullet to the palate? Yeah, nutella is much healthier than that. Boom, claim validated.0 -
Cryptonomnomicon wrote: »Well I don't really care about the debate of whether it is healthy or not. I boycott it as it has palm oil in it...why do I care?
Because Orangutans are endangered and at risk of extinction. The single greatest threat facing orangutans today is habitat loss.
The average annual rate of forest loss in Indonesia was 498,000 hectare (ha) (FAO, 2010) from 2000 to 2010 or the equivalent of over 55 rugby fields per hour.
The expanding palm oil industry has been a key driver of this deforestation. In the decade to 2010, Indonesian plantation area nearly doubled to close to 8.0 million ha and is expected to near 13 million ha by 2020 (PWC, 2012).
Is there such a thing as sustainable palm oil?
Yes - about 14% of palm oil production is now certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO). This oil has been produced according to a set of environmental and social criteria designed to ensure the rights of local communities are respected and that no new primary forests or high conservation value areas have been cleared for palm oil production since November 2005.
The food group Ferrero has announced that its flagship product Nutella is now using 100% segregated palm oil certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in the French market. This decision affects its production units in France, but also one in Italy and another in Germany, supplying other European markets. Ferrero also confirmed that it will source exclusively RSPO-certified palm oil globally starting from 2014, bringing its initial target forward by one year.
So till they are using sustainable palm oil exclusively it will not be on my shelf anytime soon.
Good information, thanks for sharing! Will definately keep making my own.0 -
dosage? yes, i understand it's not bad in small doses. i'm saying the marketing gimic sounds disingenuous. the general population who is shopping for nutella and goes for these marketing gimmics is not thinking of chocolate when they are shopping for healthy. whether or not it's fine in moderation is irrelevant.
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This one wonders, how does orangutan taste?0
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