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Nutella
It is indispensable on any breakfast table, Ferrero's nut nougat cream Nutella . Hardly any other spread is loved by young and old alike like Nutella - until now. Because suddenly the Greenpeace magazine raises serious allegations against the delicate chocolate cream. Delicate chocolate cream? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that!
Nutella is nothing more than 'dirty chocolate' writes Greenpeace magazine on its website of the same name. Dirty chocolate? What exactly is meant by that? In summary: child labor, human trafficking and the deforestation of Malaysia.
Ferrero refers to his hazelnuts according to his own information, especially from Turkey. Here, 76 percent of the hazelnut world harvest produced, 25% of the total world hazelnut production acquires Ferrero - the giant among the hazelnut buyers. The big problem: child labor in Turkey. As the "time" reported in December 2014, around 400, 000 children between the ages of 6 and 17 have to work regularly in agriculture.
The next point of criticism: the cocoa . According to Ferrero, this is preferably sourced from the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Ecuador. Here, too, child labor is the biggest problem. Most boys and girls are employed under "slavery-like conditions, " writes Greenpeace magazine.
Nutella contains palm oil . This refers Ferrero for the most part from Malaysia, according to own data from sustainable cultivation. But is there any talk of 'sustainable cultivation' if 'the spread of palm oil production is the main cause of Malaysia's deforestation '? Greenpeace magazine remains skeptical and responsive - with a clever response to Ferrero's latest marketing coup.
Contribution from GREENPEACE MAGAZINE.For several weeks, Nutella fans can get personalized labels printed. The Greenpeace magazine has designed a label to make clear how "serious" the situation is around Germany's most popular nut nougat cream.
