Day 165: Nuttella Is Bad for You? I Had No Idea!

In my lawyerly activities this week, I read about this recently filed lawsuit.  I have to admit, this really hurts.  To think, after all this time, we thought that Nutella was actually good for you.  Thank goodness for this woman, Athena Hohenberg, who decided to stand up for the American consumer and sue the makers of this "French peanut butter" for false advertising. 

That is right.  Nutella's maker is being sued, according to the American Bar Association's ABA Journal because it “falsely and misleadingly markets Nutella as healthful, even though it contains 70 percent saturated fat and processed sugar by weight."  The lawsuit apparently goes on to say that the Plaintiff was "shocked that Nutella was in fact not healthy, but instead was the next best thing to a candy bar."  The Plaintiff was confused because instead of Nutella's ads having morbidly obese, sick, inactive children in their ads, they instead had ads with "wholesome families and happy, healthy children enjoying Nutella for breakfast."

Honestly, I hope that this lady wins.  Not because I want her to win any money or anything, but because I am totally excited to file a lawsuit against McDonald's for having "Happy Meals."  I think that is totally misleading too.  That food doesn't make children's insides happy, it hardens their arteries and dulls their taste buds.  It is totally deceptive advertising, plus, the lawsuit may help my boycotting efforts (see Day 90 . . . how have you done on your boycott on McDonalds?  So far for me, 71 days and counting!)

If you are a lawsuit-reading type of person, you can see a copy of the complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of Southern California here.