Is Nutella bad? Here’s the answer you didn’t expect. “Mad”

The most loved cream in the world is nutella. This famous cocoa and hazelnut spread is however in the last period, in the eye of the storm outside. Indeed, on the web and on social networks, both experts and consumers recommend avoiding Nutella because it is accused of containing ingredients that are dangerous to our health. Let’s see together what it is. The protagonists of the question are the now well-known palm oil, refined sugar and vanillin.

All the foreign press have made their thoughts public, for example the German press talks about Nutella as a product that can even cause serious problems due to the high content of palm oil and refined sugar. In addition, he denounces the low content of hazelnuts, which corresponds to only 13% of the total ingredients.

With regard to palm oil, in the latter a very specific problem is highlighted: unfortunately, a fifth of Nutella, as we know, consists of pure fat and palm oil, the latter when If it is heated in industrial processes, it inevitably leads to the formation of fatty acids, which can be harmful to the human body even if taken in small quantities. To confirm this, this is a famous nutrition expert, who has long studied Nutella.

According to him, the fatty acids that are formed during the processing of palm oil are particularly harmful to the kidneys, liver and testicles and finally, they can also have carcinogenic effects. Attention: the question of palm oil and health does not only concern Nutella, but also all spreads that contain it among the ingredients. Nutella is also under attack because it contains ingredients such as soy lecithin, vanillin and powdered milk. As for vanillin, the latter is an artificial ingredient, which represents a neurotoxin for brain cells.

But according to the OECD, vanillin is in no way a substance hazardous to health, indeed, no particular risk has ever been identified in this regard. Vanillin is defined as a simple additive, used almost everywhere in the world and approved hands down by food safety authorities. Finally, Nutella also contains some carbohydrates, which are mostly simple (therefore called disaccharides), such as sucrose and with little lactose. These represent only 9% of all total simple sugars to include in a diet