Nutella To Pay Up After Lawsuit Questions Nutritional Value, You May Be Entitled To Money Too
Any consumer who purchased Nutella in the last few years is entitled to their cut of a $3.5 million class action settlement, ABC News reports.
The two women behind the lawsuit are mothers who were appalled by Nutella’s advertisements.
The makers claimed the product was a healthy spread made with "simple, quality ingredients like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of coco,” according to its commercial.
But in fact, mother of three Laura Rude-Barbato found that the product was no healthier than a candy bar.
Two tablespoons of Nutella packs 200 calories, 21 grams of sugar and 11 grams of fat.
Barbato and Athena Hohenberg, mother of one, took the maker of Nutella to court, hoping the company would fess up to overstating the product's nutritional benefits.
Barbato was awarded $3.5 million, which tallies up to $4 to $20 per person to anyone who purchased Nutella from Jan 1. 2008 to Feb. 3, 2012.
To learn more about the settlement, click here: nutellaclassactionsettlement.com .
Read ABC News' report here: abcn.ws/J1S1bK
Sucks that these ladies can't read a label for years on end... but saying the word healthy shouldn't result in 3.5 million dollars... that word is thrown around in EVERY commercial for EVERY processed item out there.
I was under the impression these women had been seeing the commercial for that span of time.