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  • 2016-03-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Is Nutella Toxic? (ca)
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  • On 24 March 2015, the Facebook page March Against Monsanto published a link to an article reporting that popular Nutella brand sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread was downright toxic: On 17 February 2016, Business Insider also referenced the increasing spread of rumors that Nutella contains harmful ingredients: The article to which March Against Monsanto linked in March 2016 was not new; rather, it was original published on 7 November 2014 to the web site Living Traditionally, and claimed that the scariest thing that people don’t know about Nutella is that it contains monosodium glutamate (MSG), also known as E621, which was cleverly hidden inside an artificial flavor called vanillin which is labeled on every Nutella jar. Claims about Nutella's purported toxicity primarily hinge on the product's use of vanillin and the purported (unstated) presence of MSG: However, vanillin is widely recognized as a safe food additive, both in the United States and globally, with a document published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (called a Screening Information Dataset, or SIDS) stating that: Nutella's ingredients are listed on the packaging as follows: Sugar, Peanut Oil, Hazelnuts, Cocoa, Skim Milk, Reduced Minerals Whey, (From Milk), Partially Hydrogenated Peanut Oil, Soy Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Vanillin (An Artificial Flavor). We contacted Nutella's parent company to ask whether the vanillin in Nutella contains MSG (an ingredient not listed in their labeling). A Nutella representative replied that the claim was completely false, that Nutella contains no MSG (nor any GMO-derived ingredients). While rumors about Nutella's supposedly harmful or toxic ingredients remain pervasive on social media, those claims stem from unsubstantiated concerns about vanillin (which has not proved to pose a health risk to consumers) and MSG (which has not been proved to be present in Nutella). (en)
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