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Posted by Lindy West on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:44 PM
"As a mom, I'm a great believer in Nutella. A delicious spread that I use to get my kids to eat healthy foods. I spread a little on all kinds of healthy things, like multigrain toast."
Kids don't want to eat their broccoli? WHY NOT DUNK IT IN SPREADABLE CANDY? Is baby fussing over his strained peas? AS A MOM, I USE COCAINE INSTEAD OF SALT.
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• Over 50 Hazelnuts per 13 oz. Jar
• Contains No Artificial Colors
• Contains No Artificial Preservatives
ingredients: sugar, modified palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk, reduced minerals whey (from milk), soy lecithin: an emulsifier, vanillin: an artificial flavor.
• Contains No Artificial Colors
• Contains No Artificial Preservatives
ingredients: sugar, modified palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk, reduced minerals whey (from milk), soy lecithin: an emulsifier, vanillin: an artificial flavor.
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It's the old food industry thing of claiming that since something has an ingredient that might be construed as healthy (hazelnuts), then it's a health food. Like, say, "Heart-Healthy" Cocoa-Puffs with whole grain (and non-whole-grain and sugar and...), or orange juice (which used to be oranges before it became concentrated sugar), or...it's endless.
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I despise that commercial. There's also the one where Chef Boyardee tries to convince us it contains an adequate serving of vegetables.
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Nutella is really just hazelnut butter with cocoa and sugar. If you'd feed your kid Jiff, Nutella is probably a step up nutrition-wise.
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Great. Another lazy parent who thinks caring about their children's nutrition is equivalent to being a "hipster."
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I've read that Nutella is the world's most popular spread. Just bought my first small jar 2 weeks ago. It's going to last me a loooooong time! No comparison to Smocker's PB.
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When I was a kid, our family hosted a foreign exchange student from Germany for a year. One of the first days she was in our home, she made some toast for breakfast and started spreading Hershey's chocolate syrup on it. My mom asked her if she knew what she was doing and she said she had this all the time back at home in Germany. She took one bite of her Hershey's toast and immediately spit it out and said it tasted a lot different than what she was used to.
After she'd gone back home, she sent us a jar of Nutella as a gift and when I tasted it, I finally figured out what had happened.
Thanks for the memories.
After she'd gone back home, she sent us a jar of Nutella as a gift and when I tasted it, I finally figured out what had happened.
Thanks for the memories.
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ATTN PARENTS: We non-parents will stop telling you how to raise your children if you stop telling us about them and asking us how cute they are and getting in the way with giant strollers.
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Of course if the ad suggested eating Nutella wrapped in bacon and deep-fried, the Slog would be outraged at them for stealing their idea.
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Was introduced to Nutella when I was studying in London many years ago... It was just too sweet for me, although I did like the hazelnutty-ness. I was a much bigger fan of lemon curd, despite the gross name (and kinda gross appearance).
@ 19 - Now, why did I just think of Elvis, I wonder? :-D
@ 19 - Now, why did I just think of Elvis, I wonder? :-D
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My kids are addicted to this stuff! They try to put one over on the old man claiming it's real food because it has nuts in it or something. It's frosting, motherfucking FROSTING for God's sake.
Funny how my wife won't let them have cereal with more than 9 grams of sugar, but signs off on the evil Euro frosting spread.
Funny how my wife won't let them have cereal with more than 9 grams of sugar, but signs off on the evil Euro frosting spread.
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The worst part of having a new nephew is knowing my sis is going to go all over-protective like most first-time parents do.
Me, I'll take him surfing when he's two and we'll wrassle sharks for fun.
Me, I'll take him surfing when he's two and we'll wrassle sharks for fun.
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there is a vendor at the WS farmer's market who claims to make a "natural", "better" version. somehow, every time we get to the market, he's all sold out. so either the stuff doesn't exist, or it's so amazing that we need to start getting up earlier on sundays.
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I'm so glad Nutella is finally on regular shelves, it used to be if I wanted some I had to go down to Fairchild or an import store.
Say what you will, it's delish, especially on honey gram crackers
Say what you will, it's delish, especially on honey gram crackers
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In the grand scheme of things I would be willing to bet that Nutella is the least offensive food item your repulsive, dip-shit kids eat.
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@16
Calories are a pretty empty gauge of nutrition. Seeing as how the main ingredient in nutella is sugar, I think it's safe to say that peanut butter win hands down in a nutrition contest against it. Unless you're using jif or skippy, in which case all bets are off.
Calories are a pretty empty gauge of nutrition. Seeing as how the main ingredient in nutella is sugar, I think it's safe to say that peanut butter win hands down in a nutrition contest against it. Unless you're using jif or skippy, in which case all bets are off.
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Nutella has modified Palm Oil. That is the kind of food you give yourself in very small portions, once every few days. If you want your kids to eat healthy food feed them healthy food they like. Don't junk up the stuff they don't like.
Nutella is great. But mixing hazelnut butter, without the Palm crap, with melted chocolate, is better and not as bad for you, but still not healthy.
Nutella is great. But mixing hazelnut butter, without the Palm crap, with melted chocolate, is better and not as bad for you, but still not healthy.
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@ 18, you're a fucking liar. That's never happened to you.
@ everyone else - when you want the kids to eat right, sometimes a little bribery goes a long way. You spread Nutella thinly and you probably add less than 10 calories. Everybody wins.
@ everyone else - when you want the kids to eat right, sometimes a little bribery goes a long way. You spread Nutella thinly and you probably add less than 10 calories. Everybody wins.
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when I was in Italy, I saw a jar of Nutella bigger than my head. It probably amounted to a gallon jug of Nutella.
I like my spreadable candy as much as the next gal, but omg.
I like my spreadable candy as much as the next gal, but omg.
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You might as well go on a jihad against peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. They're equivalent if not worse nutritionally and kids are actually eating large amounts of them in the US as opposed to nutella which is still just a niche item.
More to the point, now that I'm in the process of bringing up children I've learned a little humility. Getting your kids to eat nutritious, varied, interesting meals is really hard. For every day when my 3 year old eats a new vegetable there is another when we bargain with him to finish his plate so that he can have dessert. A little nutella here or there is not going to lead to nutritional disaster and can be a tool in encouraging kids to eat other foods. Sometimes, imagine this, it can also just be a treat (and that's ok).
Ben
More to the point, now that I'm in the process of bringing up children I've learned a little humility. Getting your kids to eat nutritious, varied, interesting meals is really hard. For every day when my 3 year old eats a new vegetable there is another when we bargain with him to finish his plate so that he can have dessert. A little nutella here or there is not going to lead to nutritional disaster and can be a tool in encouraging kids to eat other foods. Sometimes, imagine this, it can also just be a treat (and that's ok).
Ben
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I think it's perfectly OK for non-parents to make complete and utter fools of themselves. Do go on, go on. I enjoy these little chats.
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Seriously. I never know whether to laugh or cry at that commercial. Hey, why not also dunk french fries in Nutella? They are vegetables, after all. (Also, it's whole grains that you want, not necessarily multigrains, if you're going to go to all the trouble of convincing people that toast is a health food.)
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Please never stop writing wacky phrases in all caps. Please, please, please. You are the funniest thing in the internets.
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