(Almost) Wordless Wednesday (The Nutella Nutrition Label Edition)

Why Nutella Is Not A Healthy Breakfast Food

My son recently asked me to put Nutella® on the grocery list

but with those first two ingredients (sugar, palm oil) I will stay away.

The new pacakging for Sierra Mist® caught my eye

but 37 g of “all natural” sugar is still too much sugar!

I decided to try a different flavor of Clif ZBars

because, hey, if I’m going to eat “white coating” I certainly want it to be organic!

Have you tried a new food product recently?

Did you check the nutrition label?

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17 Responses to (Almost) Wordless Wednesday (The Nutella Nutrition Label Edition)

  1. Vicki says:

    Like 🙂

  2. Janice - Fitness Che says:

    Mmmm I love organic White coating (kidding). That's just gross! As I type this I can hear the smack smack smack of my kids chomping away on 1/2 a bagel w A chocolate hazelnut spread on it… Time to chuck that jar bc obviously I didn't look at the label – thanks for the head's up!!

  3. SuperBabe says:

    Nutella is AWESOME 🙂 I love it…
    I usually read the nutrition info, but I'm more of the "moderation is key" way of thinking, so… 1 Tbsp of nutella instead of a whole cup 🙂
    I started eating farro lately; it's good. I do love it that thanks to an excellent baby & toddler cookbook I got, my son got to eat quinoa at 7 months (whereas I was 33 when I tried it for the first time!!!)

  4. Awesome! Organic White Coating! What the heck is that?? I definitely read nutrition labels.

  5. Tina @ Faith Fitness says:

    I don't do sodas or bars (besides lara) much anymore because of ingredients. Although I will admit, Nutella holds a special place in my heart. The rare occasion I have it is always a delight.

    Great point though to check the labels! Companies sure know how to market their products to make it seem perfectly healthy.

  6. Maite says:

    Interesting you should use the term "food product" instead of food. I'm always game to try new foods, not so sure about food products. Totally agree with Michael Pollan: "Don't eat anything your grandmother wouldn't recognize as food." Of course, if your grandma was into 1960's junk food this doesn't apply (remember Tang?)

  7. steena says:

    Actually, Nutulla just made its debut in my house this week. My appetite has been really weird and I had no idea why, but this might be a lead! I checked the label, but not the ingredients, because it said "all natural". Oops!

    • Coco says:

      The difference in your appetite might be due to your kick-ass workouts!

      I'm not knocking Nutella, just spreading the word that its not the most nutritious food product (yes, Maite, that was a deliberate word choice!).

      It has 10 g sugar per Tbsp, while peanut butter has only 1.5 g sugar. So, it's more akin to jam than a "nut butter" even though they focus on the hazlenuts.

      As for kids and breakfast, I think that almost anything is beter than nothing, and whole wheat toast with Nutella is probably better than the frosted poptarts I got for my kids when they stopped eating cereal!

  8. Nutella is not chocolate hazelnut butter. I knew that thing about palm oil and sugar being the first two ingredients, so instead I make my own chocolate nut butters. You can add creaminess with just a bit of shredded unsweetened coconut.

  9. Jeannie says:

    Yep, I read food labels. I try to get things they have the fewest ingredients and ingredients I recognize as whole foods. I also prefer less sugar varieties. I don't get nutella but you can find other chocolate hazelnut spreads at Whole Foods or other natural food stores and I absolutely love Dark Chocolate Dreams by Peanut Butter & co.!

  10. Lisa says:

    "Organic White Coating"?? Gross!!!!

  11. Tom says:

    Great points about food labeling, sometimes the things that we think are healthy options turn out to be nowhere near healthy. Label reading is a vital skill, and should be taught in schools in my book!

    Buyer beware!

    TOM

    • Coco says:

      They really should bring back "home ec" and include a segment on nutrition. Or maybe they cover it in the health section of P.E.?

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  13. MB says:

    Moderation is key! And I purposefully don’t read the Nutella label because no way am I giving that goodness up 🙂 Now, how much is one tablespoon, really . . .

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