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French minister says Nutella is destroying the world: France should stop eating it
National Post ^ | June 17, 2015 | Business Insider

Posted on 06/17/2015 5:28:37 PM PDT by rickmichaels

France’s Ecology Minister Segolene Royal wants people to stop eating Nutella because it’s essentially destroying the planet.

Royal said in an interview with French television network Canal+ that people should stop eating the popular chocolate spread because harvesting one of its key ingredients, palm oil, leads to deforestation that is damaging the environment.

Nutella is a huge deal in France — the country consumes 26% of all Nutella produced globally by maker Ferrero.

Royal said in the Canal+ interview: “We have to replant a lot of trees because there is massive deforestation that also leads to global warming. We should stop eating Nutella, for example, because it’s made with palm oil. Oil palms have replaced trees, and therefore caused considerable damage to the environment.”

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1 posted on 06/17/2015 5:28:37 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

No. How about they harvest more efficiently?


2 posted on 06/17/2015 5:30:09 PM PDT by Shadow44
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To: rickmichaels

Has AlGore been spotted in France recently?


3 posted on 06/17/2015 5:30:30 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (You Don"t Need To Wait For The Next FReepathon To Make A Donation.)
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To: rickmichaels

I know some people to whom Nutella is an addiction.


4 posted on 06/17/2015 5:32:59 PM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: rickmichaels

Nutella is ADDICTIVE!!! GO NUTELLA!


5 posted on 06/17/2015 5:33:13 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

French minister apologises after sparking Nutella row

http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/country-news/French-minister-apologises-after-sparking-Nutella-row_476462.html


6 posted on 06/17/2015 5:37:59 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: rickmichaels

Or in other words - Nutella needs to pay me to shut up.


7 posted on 06/17/2015 5:39:51 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: rickmichaels
Nutella is probably 90% sugar, 3% oil, 3% cocoa, 4% hazelnut.

It's really tasty because it's actual sugar and not corn syrup, but it's addictive and terrible for you.

I'll probably take down a whole jar tomorrow now that this article has me dwelling on it.

8 posted on 06/17/2015 5:42:34 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: rickmichaels

Yeah...the U.S. is almost completely deforested...so is Canada. Just look at a Google geographical map of the U.S. and Canada. Ignore all those billions of tall, brown/gray objects with green things attached to them.


9 posted on 06/17/2015 5:56:04 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: rickmichaels

Mmmm! Arizona Tea 'n' Nutella!

10 posted on 06/17/2015 6:05:46 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We've seen this before. There's a master race. Now there's a master faith." Benjamin Netanyahu)
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To: sauropod
What's better than Nutella?

Nutella and BACON!


11 posted on 06/17/2015 6:08:16 PM PDT by CapnJack
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To: rickmichaels

Here’s a wild-ass suggestion; plant the f’ing palm trees that provide the oils. Plant hundreds or thousands of acres of them. Grow them like the crop they are and harvest them when they are ready.

This isn’t rocket surgery


12 posted on 06/17/2015 6:22:55 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: rickmichaels

My granddaughter is going to cry if they ban Nutella.

France - please don’t make my granddaughter cry!

You can surrender, again, on this issue.


13 posted on 06/17/2015 7:03:25 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (madmax)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Holy cow that was funny!


14 posted on 06/17/2015 7:18:29 PM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Reminds me of the old joke:

Why are the streets of Paris lined with trees?

So the Germans can march in the shade, ba-dum-dum.

15 posted on 06/17/2015 7:20:17 PM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: wideawake

That is the problem, too much sugar. Unless one is doing heavy labor daily, it’s seriously bad. As for the palm oil, it’s good, depending on how it’s processed.


16 posted on 06/17/2015 7:37:56 PM PDT by Bethaneidh
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To: driftless2

Hahahahahahahaha


17 posted on 06/17/2015 7:40:06 PM PDT by Bethaneidh
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To: cport

My granddaughter is really pissed at the French. She, at 10, wants to invade France and straighten them out. Probably could. Has an orange belt in Tai Quan Do and can shoot a handgun like an adult.


18 posted on 06/18/2015 4:24:39 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (madmax)
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