Who else thinks the Nutella ad on the mumsnet homepage is RIDICULOUS and OUTRAGEOUS?

[dontwanttogetoutofbed]

i do

[dontwanttogetoutofbed]

here, read this: www.parenting.com/parenting/child/article/0,19840,670905,00.html

i find the same with my dd1
no excessive amounts of sugar, no tantrums

[mosschops30]

Get a grip I say!!

[dontwanttogetoutofbed]

norther lurker, what would happen if you cut out nutella and tried a fruit or cheese?

[psychomum5]

so your arguement isn't about the nutella advert then......it is about the sugar!!!

well.......sorry, but each to their own on that front I say.

we all have bugbears about foods that we want out children to eat, and this is yours it seems!

FWIW.......if we didn;t have allergies etc, my children and me would have much better diets I expect as we would have a full choice of foods.

sadly, a lot of the free-from foods add sugar to hide tha awful after taste you get from them, or even to replace the product that has been taken out!

[NorthernLurker]

Where did I say they don't eat fruit or cheese? They do - but they eat chocolate, jam, biscuits, crisps, sausage rolls and many, many other things too. This house is not a sugar free zone! Nor is it exclusively painted in Nutella

[NorthernLurker]

Read that back and wanted to be clear they don't have crisps or biscuits for breakfast - I have some standards - and pain au chocolat in the bread bin

[CoteDAzur]

Eating a bit of chocolate is part of childhood. Agreed, we as parents should provide them with balanced nutrition, but an occasional lollipop or a bit of nutella on toast makes them happy, so what?

It's rather neurotic of some parents to completely villify all sugars/chocolate and prevent their dcs from having any. (I am talking about people I know in RL, not OP) These kids show up at birthday parties, eat everything in sight until they make themselves sick.

Personally, I think moderation is a better way.

[Misdee]

nutella is fine. dd2 loves it, and aside from butter, is the only thing she has on toast. we rotate nutella on toast with cereals during the week.

my favourite (and tastes so naughty) is a thin layer of peanut butter on toast, then a think scraping of nutella. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

havent had it for ages as i am on a diet (probably due to my nutella and peanut butter addiction)

[NorthernLurker]

I really want some peanut butter now.....

[MaryAnnSingleton]

guess what I'm eating right now ? nutella and rice cakes - the perfect balance !

[Blu]

The glass of fruit juice recommended in the balanced breakfast suggestion would be laden with sugar - personally I wouldn't call thier breakfast as a whole particularly balanced.

It's hard not to feed your child sugar on a regular basis if you include dried fruit, fruit juice (even freshly squeezed orange), even milk has quite a high sugar content.

[minorityrules]

All you that are outraged and are banning "bad" foods, just wait til they are teenagers! Breakfast can be packet of crisp, a mars bar and a can of coke!

No matter how healthy they start, you can bet on the way to school, the sweet shop is THE place to go. Then on the way home same again, occasionally a nice greasy kebab (esp the older ones on the way back from the pub)

I find mine all prefer a macdonalds breakfast now while waiting for a bus, keeps them warm in the winter

A little of everything for childre I say and nutella IS lovely on toast, why can't kids have lovely things???

[psychomum5]

.......someone said the macdonalds word......

I so miss the macdonalds breakfasts!

I want a macdonalds now

[Blu]

fruit or cheese? Would that be high sugar fresh pineapple (which DS often has) or very high fat cheese?

DS does eat fruit and cheese, he also eats Nutella a couple of times a week - maybe 3.

I know vitamin and proteins come in other foods and may noit be present in Nutella - but if a child has a sufficient amount of nutrients in other foods (aka a balanced diet) Nutella on wholemeal toast wouldn't worry me at all. Children need high energy food, they need fats - and judging by the list of ingredients, Nutella is relatively free from horrible chemical additives.

[psychomum5]

KKM.....milk would kill me! (well, not as yet, but I am now getting swollen lips and tingly tongue and asthma attacks so docs say that I am leading to anaphylaxis(sp?) with it)

[Piffle]

minority rules
not if you do not give them any money they don't eat that...

[Blu]

KerryMum - so you will be resisting the advertising and making the sensible informed choice NOT to give Nutella to your kids, however balanced it may be in moderation?

[niceglasses]

Only in Mumsnet land would an advert for Nutella offend.

I guess McGoodys Good Organic Goodness Organigy Naturallness Natural Jam with added Organicness and Naturallness (with free Boden 10% off voucher)wouldn't offend so much?

[hippipotami]

at niceglasses

[MauraTierney]

As long as the sugar is organic and free trade I'm sure it would be fine.

[DumbledoresGirl]

I have jam on toast every day for breakfast at the moment. I am not fat and not unhealthy. I don't see anything wrong with Nutella on toast. Even if it was everyday, it would not bother me excessively. It is not the only meal of the day.

(BTW, we have chocolate croissants every Sunday breakfast. Last week, we could not get any so I suggested Nutella on toast as a similar treat. My youngest, who normally might eat one slice of toast, was begging for a third! I see that as a good thing actually.)

[OverMyDeadBody]

dontwanttogetoutofbed what unnatural ingredients are in nutella?

It's not individual foods that are bad, it's the diet. What is so bad about occasionally eating some sugar for breakfast? It's our body's fuel after all. And yes, my child would still eat the rest of his breakfast. Food is food in this house.