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Nutella on toast is a nutritious way to start the day ??!!

101 replies

mousemole · 21/01/2008 17:43

AIBU to think that the Nutella ad that states that Nutella on toast is a nutritious way to start the day is a bit far fetched ? It also says that Nutella releases energy slowly making it an ideal breakfast. How can the stuff that Ferero Rochers are filled with be nutritious ? It's pure sugar and fat!!!

OP posts:
foofi · 21/01/2008 17:45

Everyone knows what it is. If you don't want to eat chocolate for breakfast () then don't.

Buckets · 21/01/2008 17:46

Better than nothing

seeker · 21/01/2008 17:46

But nobody would object to toast and butter and honey - what's the difference?

LadyOfWaffle · 21/01/2008 17:47

let it goooooooooooooooooooooooooo

sparklesandwine · 21/01/2008 17:48

hasn't this been done already?

expatinscotland · 21/01/2008 17:49

it beats a cup of black coffee and a fag.

SheikYerbouti · 21/01/2008 17:49

YABU

It's better then crack cocaine

scouserabroad · 21/01/2008 17:50

mmmm black coffee and a fag... [wishing I wasn't breastfeeding emoticon]

SheikYerbouti · 21/01/2008 17:51

Expat, coffe and a fag was my breakfast of choice before I moved in with DP

Them was the days....

Blu · 21/01/2008 17:52

Mousemole - if you search 'nutella' from January onwards, you will find about 700000 opinions on whether YABU or not!

Blu · 21/01/2008 17:53

Has anyone done a side-by-side nutrition comparison for sugar, fat, protein, salt and calories between Nutella and peanut butter?

3andnomore · 21/01/2008 17:54

Well, it is nutsbased...and nuts are good for you, right ;)

Buckets · 21/01/2008 17:59

Do people actually let their kids go to school without breakfast anyway? I know Kelloggs has been using the Better Than Nothing healthy start campaign (eg old Supernanny) but is it relevant to anyone who is sober and awake at breakfast times?

SheikYerbouti · 21/01/2008 18:02

I have taught kids who get sent to school on a bag of saly and vinegar procured from the corner shop oin the way to school

FillyjonkisCALM · 21/01/2008 18:04

oh its pure shite and I have no idea why people are defending it

the fact that some people DO seem to think its a "nutritious way to start the day" might be a pointer though (oh NO, advertising is HARMLESS )

but I don't think you'll get far on this one, this is thread # 4023

sparklesandwine · 21/01/2008 18:07

If were rushed for time in the morning my DC sometimes have brioche rolls (either plain or with choc chips in) does that make me a bad parent? or is it ok because its brioche

MargetheMinx · 21/01/2008 18:07

porridge is the best start to the day.

LoveAngel · 21/01/2008 18:09

A black coffee, nutella and toast and a fag...sounds delicious! i long for my youth when this was my breakfast and i thought people who ate porridge and obsessed about fat content were wankers.

3andnomore · 21/01/2008 18:09

I must admit, I used to love Nutella on Toast or on Zwieback (like Melba Toast, I suppose)....but then, that was in them days when no one took much notice of nutritious or not...

anywya, Filly who is actually really defending it?
MY reply here was certainly tongue in cheek

LoveAngel · 21/01/2008 18:10

p.s. that wasn't a dig at you, OP! I agree - it's pathetic that Nutella can't just say 'mmm it's choccy spread, it's gorge' and have to claim some bogus nutritional value instead.

seeker · 21/01/2008 18:10

I repeat - how is it different nutritionally from toast and butter and honey?

I won't have nutella in the house, personally, but I do think I am being unreasonable - nay irrational about it!

3andnomore · 21/01/2008 18:12

'tis not chocolate spread, 'tis hazelnut spread...big difference (well, tastewise

oh seeker, but honey (well real honey, not the refined shite, of ocurse) is very healthy...whilst still of course high in sugars, etc...but it is healthy...

iMum · 21/01/2008 18:13

but is still bee sick

3andnomore · 21/01/2008 18:16

lol, there is that...but you know, manuka honey has so many healing properties....who cares..

milk is still Cows "breastmilk" (and all the nice puss and Antibiotics and hormones it gives you in high doses)

we eat meat (unless vegetarian, etc...) all the time...dead animal

eggs...well...they come out of a part of a chickens anatomy (or any other bird)I rather not think about, lol....

seeker · 21/01/2008 18:19

Healthy? Honey is not only bee sick (thank you SO much for that image!) but surely is just sugar syrup? Manuka has some supposed healing properties - but how many of us buy Manuka for everyday use?