Nutella Gets Spanked in Class-Action Suit

The first thing that popped into my head when I read about the refund to those who bought Nutella was "Ohhh I'd just buy more Nutella" LOL Ridiculous law suit. Can't believe this lady won her case!

LOL i doubt anyone will stop buying Nutella even if they were in the class action suit. Its good stuff, anyone with half a brain knows its not healthy, but its GOOOOOOOD!

Honestly, it's as bad as the woman who burned herself with McDonald's coffee. Read the farm labels people. Yes, the commercials say slim milk, cocoa, and hazelnuts, but that doesn't male it the healthiest thing on the planet. I use Nutella as my go to splurge for some chocolate and yummy. I only use it in moderation and never just gorge on it.

Still...being stupid and winning lawsuits for said stupidity? Some people have all the luck?

Nutella tastes like oily chocolate icing to me. Delicious, but definitely NOT a health food. I used to eat entire jars of it when I was pregnant. Probably why I gained 70lbs.

I'm just irritated I didn't think to do that - I could have had $3.5 million! Dang...

I would just use the money to buy more Nutella.

*high five*

My mother in law is about 75 and based on their commercials believes this stuff is so healthy! She was trying to push it at me the other day when I was searching for a snack while at their house. She eats it like candy, slathers a 1/4" thick on a piece of white toast.

For people who don't have a clue about nutrition, like her, it was easy to her to buy into the commercials and such!

I am not real fond of it, but occasionally, a super super thin layer of it on whole wheat toast, covered with a equally thin layer of peanut butter is a tasty way to eat it.

Honestly, it's as bad as the woman who burned herself with McDonald's coffee. Read the farm labels people. Yes, the commercials say slim milk, cocoa, and hazelnuts, but that doesn't male it the healthiest thing on the planet. I use Nutella as my go to splurge for some chocolate and yummy. I only use it in moderation and never just gorge on it.

Still...being stupid and winning lawsuits for said stupidity? Some people have all the luck?

A) The McDonald's lawsuit was legit - the plaintiff was actually injured. If you read the case, you will know that McDonald's KNEW that their coffee was too hot.
She didn't "win" the lawsuit - Nutella settled.
C) Why is no one looking at the bigger picture here? This is a class action suit (i.e. only her lawyer is getting rich) that speaks to deceptive advertising that affects all of us. A lot of people are influenced by advertising and not everyone knows how to read nutrition labels properly. How many posts on this forum have you read where a person thinks Product X will magically make them thin?

Why is everyone so gung-ho about consumer reasponsibility and not about corporate responsibility? Personally, I'm sick of all the junk that is passed off as healthy nowadays - Nutella is no exception.

Back in the day, I thought anything called Nutella had to be healthy. It just sounded like something healthy and I never ate it because I didn't think it would taste good. I tried it like two years ago and was like this is basically fudge in a jar. Nope not healthy at all. And I love it. I have a jar in my cupboard. Where is my $4!

Honestly, it's as bad as the woman who burned herself with McDonald's coffee. Read the farm labels people. Yes, the commercials say slim milk, cocoa, and hazelnuts, but that doesn't male it the healthiest thing on the planet. I use Nutella as my go to splurge for some chocolate and yummy. I only use it in moderation and never just gorge on it.

Still...being stupid and winning lawsuits for said stupidity? Some people have all the luck?

To be fair, the elderly woman who was burned by the coffee suffered life-threatening burns that required multiple skin grafts, more than a week of hospitalization, and more than two years of treatment after the incident. McDonalds was serving its coffee at extremely high temperatures that were not industry standard and had settled in hundreds of previous scalding cases, so they knew exactly how dangerous their product was. It's been publicized as a frivolous case, but that really isn't true.

Edit: ninja'd by TootsieRolls!

I love how in America, you don't need to have any sense of personal responsibility for yourself or your child. You're allowed to be some brainless moron who walks around just thinking what you're told by the commercials and not acting like an adult who's in charge of their own actions. And then, when your idiocy leads you make stupid decisions, you are allowed to blame others for your stupid decisions. Because hey, that's what it's all about.

And people wonder why America is going only downhill these days.

Agreed. The "personal responsibility" idea has seemingly gone out the window. It's ALWAYS someone else's fault.
Shut the duck up and own up to your actions (however stupid they may be!).

Here's a new lawsuit idea - all those dang bottle water companies saying I should drink their healthy water...well, too much water *can* kill you...(yes, I know, it's rare, but seriously, go with it for now!)...so you should pay me lots of money.

Did any of you see the article online (I forget where I saw it) that talked about Coke or Diet Coke "playing a role" in some woman's death??? Of course, that's what the headline says..but when you read the article her diet SUCKED.

Yep - it was here in new Zealand - she drank 7.5 liters of Coke a day - and smoke a pack and a half of cigarettes.......even 7.5 liters of water can kill you......and man can you imagine how many trips to the toilet......

If I could eat one food for the rest of my life and die a fat and happy death it would be nutella. I cannot control nutella once I start. It is a legitimate drug.

I tried to join NA but realized awkwardly in my first meeting that the N is not for Nutellaholics.