Customers would have to cart home 35 jars of Nutella to gather enough points for a football printed with the signatures of Germany's World Cup team (AFP Photo/DAMIEN MEYER) |
Frankfurt am Main (AFP) - German MPs have blasted a World Cup promotion by Nutella chocolate spread, after they worked out people would have to scoff almost 16 kilos of the sugary treat to earn a football.
"Once
again, the food industry has used the football World Cup to market sweets to
children," Greens party MP Renate Kuenast told AFP Tuesday as she and
other lawmakers complained to Germany's advertising council.
"It's
a red card for Ferrero's Nutella," she added, referring to the Italian
manufacturer.
Customers
would have to cart home 35 jars of Nutella to gather enough points for a
football printed with the signatures of Germany's World Cup team.
That adds up
to "15.75 kilos (34.7 pounds) of Nutella, nine kilos of sugar, five kilos
of fat, 85,000 calories and 97.65 euros ($113.60)" Kuenast and other MPs
wrote to the advertising authority.
They
further charged that Ferrero had "exploited kids' special trust" in
their favourite football stars by printing their photos on collectible cards.
"We
have nothing against the product -- if people like it, they should eat it --
but one shouldn't suggest to children that it has something to do with being
sporty, active or healthy," the MPs said.
Kuenast and
the other lawmakers hope the advertising council, an industry-run body that
watches for ethical breaches in advertising, will block the campaign and issue
a warning to Ferrero's German division.
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