Nutella

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Nutella isn't healthy...duh!

But it's tasty (IMO) and reminds me of Sunday breakfasts in Italy. The only reason I don't buy it myself is because I would eat it continuously.

However, I can't really say no to my grandma when she puts it on the breakfast table when I go visit her, can I? It would break her heart, hehehe

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Peanut butter is better than Nutella anyway

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What???? speak for yourself dude

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Ain't that the truth in the land of 'we're so natural it hurts'? Nutella, and I love hazelnuts and chocolate, but it has little to do with either (and I hate Nutella anyway as it tastes like crisco with cocoa).

I get peanut butter (in the US) that is nothing but peanuts (maybe a little sugar in the honey roasted variety from WF) and it is delicious along with offering a bit of protein but, seriously, who eats nutella thinking there is any real nutritional value in it? Could it be that europeans are as dumb as americans? If you need a regulatory body to tell you that nutella and ANY variations thereof aren't nutritionally valuable (even the german kinds), then, yes, you are in no position to bang on yankees.

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Not a fan of hazelnuts? Check the ingredients list of your chocolate crunchy cream ...

Actually, he also spoke for me ... and a few others who 'thanked' him ...

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FTFY

Flour tortilla, thick coat of PB, thick coat of Nutella on top of that, fold in half, freakin' awesome.

Nutella is magic, but anyone who thinks it's healthy probably thinks Cocoa Puffs and Frosted Flakes are healthy too .

And just to cause spontaneous combustion of any French readers of this thread- Nutella and mild Camembert cheese go great together. Accidental discovery Mud made almost 20 years ago.

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I sometimes wonder why Migros doesn't sell alcohol, but stuff like Nutella and those energy-drinks.

I have no doubt that, had they existed at the time, Gottlieb Duttweile would have disapproved their sale, too.

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I actually don't like either.

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For me, if I'm going to have a combination of fat and sugar, I'd just as soon have a big old glop of dulce de leche. .Although, I am fond of almond butter.

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Nutella not healthy: no surprise

However, I am shocked to learn that Nutella is not a German product. I had always assumed that Nutella came from Germany. My German teacher in the US even brought it in once as a snack. Plus it was in the german section of the international food section of our Big Y Supermarket for years. Even though i had been here for 4 years, I still had not grasped this until reading this thread today and following the link.

Quite honetly...i am shocked!

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I don't get this Nutella not healthy angle. Typical Business Insider linkbait headline...

Just sounds like misleading advertising to me, healthy or not. Yummy though...

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One of my friends just discovered nutella in the US, and she says now her toddler son is always asking if he can have some "candy toast".

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100 grams sounds about right for me.

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Me, too! Who woulda thunk?

It used to bug me when Germans in the U.S. would get self-righteous about peanut butter and tell me it's as unhealthy as Nutella. Let's get out that ingredients list, please.... Hmmm, peanuts and maybe a little salt. My kids love both, but which one would I actually give them for lunch?

Here's some info from a Harvard professor of nutrition on PB:

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsle...-saturated-fat

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Trace levels, it's not something you readily taste from the spread, per se...Not like Nutella which smells & tastes like hazelnut...Ovomaltine crunchy spread tastes & smells, like chocolate

Peanut butter, I've long believed this is something that typically is exclusive to Americans - in terms of taste...I love it but it's rare when I find a non-American liking it

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Ahhh...I believe the Dutch are almost as fond of peanut butter.

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"Commercial" peanut butter or lets say the "big brands" do not just have peanuts and salt. They have peanuts, salt, sugar and all sorts of hydrogenated oils, including palm oil.

It's not right to compare some sort of artesian peanut butter to Nutella. Comparable peanut butters to Nutella are Jif, Skippy, etc. Otherwise you'll have to go look at artesian made chocolate/hazelnut spreads.

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Every sensible adult knows that Nutella isn't a kids product.

If the label was truly accurate, it would be:

"Sensual edible brown nut paste to smear all over your lover's body and cherish".

Should be kept on the top shelf of all stores. Obviously.

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After one of my girls -a Nutella addict- turned up with a milk allergy, and another with a hazelnut allergy, I discovered that it is possible to enjoy earth-friendly and somewhat healthier chocolate spread by making it yourself, it is simple and not bad at all, although not the same as Nutella obviously. PM me for a recipe, I'll be happy to share

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I know, I know ... so hard to accept that a typically American food might not be horrible. That's why we are all so fat, loud and ugly.

Regular Jif has 3 gm of sugar per 2 tablespoons and Nutella has 21 gm per 2 teaspoons (which is less than one tablespoon). Jif also has twice as much protein.

Pure peanut butter (peanuts, salt) is easy to find in every supermarket. Some are even made by the big brands because they recognize the move toward cleaner eating and the demand for better food choices.

And now, back to you, Nutella connoisseurs.