Nutella contains the most dangerous phthalate : DEHP

With three quarters of families who eat Nutella in France, We are the largest consumer of this dough spreads worldwide ! [1] Not satisfied to be a very bold and very sweet food (see article here), Nutella also contains the phthalate the most dangerous of which is : DEHP. Ferrero acknowledges this phthalate is present in the Nutella but says that the amount is too low to be able to have an impact on health.

What does the phthalate DEHP ?

The phthalate DEHP is a chemical substance that allows to increase the flexibility of plastic materials. Found phthalates in soft plastic packaging as the food trays, bags, movies plastic etc. They migrate from packaging into the product, says a toxicologist from the federal Office for the environment in Germany. That is how we find on our lunch when we eat Nutella.

What are the effects of phthalates like DEHP ?

Phthalates are hormone disruptors that cause disorders including inducing the infertility in humans. It is estimated that, in industrialized countries, a man produces two times less sperm that produced his grand father at the same age. Phthalates are also suspected carcinogens.

In 2008, After completing a study on the development of testis in vitro, theINSERM a affirmé que les phtalates étaient “délétères pour la mise en place du potentiel reproducteur masculin dans l’espèce humaine”. This substance is even before birth on the development of the fetus of pregnant women.

The federal Office of the German environment has made a study on 600 children and finds that 100% of them show traces of phthalates whose 5 important. The study adds that in 20% phthalates are toxic quantities. Elle estime que si l’on prends en compte “l’effet cocktail” de ces différentes substances, 80% children to absorb too much.

The European Commission has already banned the use of DEHP in the composition of children's toys since 1999 and provides its total ban 2012.

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  • [1]. Nutella, 40 years of fun by Gigi Padovani
  • Reportage Packaging that kills (Arte) as you can see in the Video library.
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  • Sans vouloir défendre l'indéfendable, l'argument de ferrero à savoir "This phthalate is present in the Nutella but says that the amount is too low to be able to have an impact on health.", seems to stand correctly.

    Nutella makes obese, il détruit l'environnement (Palm oil), mais ca reste a prouver qu'il rende stérile ou donne le cancer.

    Tout n'est pas grave à très petite quantité,
    Rien que dans l'air (In addition to radioactivity) il y aurait de quoi faire recracher votre déjeuner...

  • Good evening,
    must stop : nutella causes hormonal disorders, even the layers of babies are more reliable
    Perso, I'm more looking to eat healthy, tous ce qu'on bouffe est industriel, therefore contain unhealthy stuff then the paranoid, we stop.

  • Not eat anything c may be the solution pr be healthy bne, vs believe the? Écouterts these rragots, c it bad health pr! I do not eat Nutella, mais marre d'entre des critiquessur tt ce squi se mange. The earth is polluted even our personal cultures are healthy then evil!!!!!!!!

  • Hello,
    Votre site est sympathique et instructif mais... In the end, what can we really eat without taking any risks? ??!!?? No junk food, pas d'aliments transformés, pas d'OGM......
    À votre disposition sur notre site pour relayer l'info miracle qd vous voulez ! ;-)

    • let's start by eating the least contaminated products possible. And the more we will be, the more organic producers produce, the better the products will be, because the more pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, engrais chimiques.... disappear from our fields. What, par effet retour affaiblira le pouvoir des lobbies et donc des financiers et donc des politiciens.... Again?!

  • le Nutella est vraiment bon au goût malgré les inconvénients que l'ont y en entendant. Quand ont ne se sent pas bien après en avoir mangé c'est sûrement que l'ont as un problème avec le sucre et non le nutella... Je sais je suis hipoglycémique....

  • PTDR yes they even found drugs, feces, pesticide, et que la première cause de mort en France ce sont les mangeurs de Nutella oui oui ce sont les concurrents direct qui l'ont dit .. ;)

  • Personnellement je n'aime pas du tout le Nutella j'entends tout le monde en parler et faire des louange sur ça mais sa ne m'attire pas du tout le goût noisette la c'est trop pour moi sans compter l'huile qu'il y a dedans mes pâtisseries je les fais avec du chocolat au lait à tartiner !!!! Le goût est plus agréable :)

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