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**vforvandetta** · 06-28-2012, 02:09 AM

OMG! When will Americans see the light and realize that cakes, candy, cookies and ice cream are JUNK food? Alby is so smart.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...vertising.html

Laura Rude-Barbato, a coffee shop owner in Imperial Beach, California, used to feed her children Nutella several times a week.
It was easy to identify with the advertising that depicted a frenzied mom serving up the chocolate-hazelnut spread with the tagline “breakfast never tasted this good,” said Rude-Barbato. Then she noticed the 10.5 grams of sugar per tablespoon.

“I had no idea,” she says. “I might as well have been giving my kids a brownie for breakfast.”
Rude-Barbato kicked the Nutella habit, then joined a class action lawsuit in a federal court in California that claimed Ferrero SpA’s U.S. unit misled consumers via labeling and marketing into thinking Nutella was healthy. In January, Ferrero settled the case and a similar one brought in New Jersey, without admitting guilt, for almost $7 million. Americans are ****ing stupid.

Then you have low-fat cakes and stuff that people swear are healthy (they're even marketed as diet food) when the sugar is still there and often more sugar is added to make up for the fat removal.

06-28-2012, 02:09 AM	#35
vforvandetta Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	OMG! When will Americans see the light and realize that cakes, candy, cookies and ice cream are JUNK food? Alby is so smart. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...vertising.html Laura Rude-Barbato, a coffee shop owner in Imperial Beach, California, used to feed her children Nutella several times a week. It was easy to identify with the advertising that depicted a frenzied mom serving up the chocolate-hazelnut spread with the tagline “breakfast never tasted this good,” said Rude-Barbato. Then she noticed the 10.5 grams of sugar per tablespoon. “I had no idea,” she says. “I might as well have been giving my kids a brownie for breakfast.” Rude-Barbato kicked the Nutella habit, then joined a class action lawsuit in a federal court in California that claimed Ferrero SpA’s U.S. unit misled consumers via labeling and marketing into thinking Nutella was healthy. In January, Ferrero settled the case and a similar one brought in New Jersey, without admitting guilt, for almost $7 million. Americans are ****ing stupid. Then you have low-fat cakes and stuff that people swear are healthy (they're even marketed as diet food) when the sugar is still there and often more sugar is added to make up for the fat removal.
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