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Anyone who thinks this chocolate spread is actually healthy must be living under a rock. Nevertheless, one “unsuspecting” mom chose to believe the hype–while also choosing not to read the labels–and won a cool $3.05 million in a class-action lawsuit. And now, thanks to her, if you too thought this spread was somehow healthy, you can get a piece of that.
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Food manufacturers often use cleverly-phrased health claims and trendy buzzwords to make consumers choose their products. While I believe that consumers should always take such advertising with a grain of salt (and research), I also think that shrewd advertising is at least partly to blame for our country’s major problems with obesity: We’re so inundated with food advertising disguised as “nutritional” advice, often from doctors who are on big food’s payroll, that it’s hard to tell who has our best interests at heart, and who’s just shilling for the newest processed foods. As a result, many of us either throw our hands up and head to McDonald’s or go with Oprah’s latest favorite thing, then wonder why we’re gaining weight, only to begin a new search for the best “diet” foods to get us back on track. It’s a vicious cycle, and lots of us are getting fed up with it, including Athena Hohenberg, who’s suing Nutella in America’s latest false advertising lawsuit. More
In the final installment of our three-part series, Blisstree demystifies the dairy and (not-quite-dairy) aisles. Find last week’s post here. We’d come to the end. After exploring all the dairy section had to offer (and offend), and choking down some … More
