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.

Main sources :

[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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Jeanne says:

16 September 2011 at 19 h 19 min

ladji says exactly what I think
lisette says:

5 November 2011 at 9 h 30 min

listening to everyone you should not eat this or that because there is always a component that gives you this or that disease so let us die slowly because of "shit" there are everywhere. alors un peu plus ou un peu moins .charles henriot qui etes vous pour traiter les gens d'incultes sachez monsieur que les incultes comme vous savez si bien les nommer sont peut etre des manuels à défaut d'etre intello et sans les manuels vous ne serez rien mon pauvre monsieur .qu'on se le dise
Sarine says:

5 November 2011 at 12 h 06 min

I think, as much as possible, qu'il faut arrêter de consommer la nourriture faite par les industriels, which is full of colorings, preservatives and others, et ne manger que ce que l'on a soi-même préparer.
- juanito says:
  
  6 December 2011 at 8 h 48 min
  
  You will learn that the "products from your garden" are on average 7 times more concentrated in phytosanitary agents than European standards. (even in grandpa's pseudo organic vegetable gardens).
  L'industrie a cet avantage trop souvent oublié de contrôler ce qu'elle fait. She is sometimes wrong. Yes. Boo naughty, her and like everyone else.
  
  And she corrects, once and for all.
  
  Do the same with your products, wait to see food crises thanks to organic markets, the absence of health measures "parce que le médicament industriel bouh c'est mal".
  
  60 years of progress make it possible to nourish 7 milliards de personnes, against 2 avec des techniques "non industrielles".
  
  Perso j'ai choisi.
  - F. Boyat says:
    
    6 December 2011 at 18 h 59 min
    
    Hello juanito,
    
    ““Products from your garden” are on average 7 times more concentrated in phytosanitary agents than European standards.”
    
    Do you have a source for what you are saying? ?
  - Alain J. says:
    
    1 September 2012 at 16 h 27 min
    
    T'as raison juanito, le jour ou enfin le crabe cancer t'auras envahi comme moi et ma fille décédée il y a 3 years, perhaps you will reconsider your inept and irresponsible judgment.
  - Lancelot says:
    
    2 February 2018 at 19 h 09 min
    
    Poor idiot didn't feed 7 billions of people have poisoned them and produced more but foods deficient in essential nutrients!I leave you to your stupidity and your ignorance, the ancients knew much more than us!Find out about the yield of ancient farmers like the Inca Mayans and the Egyptians!Today the soil is dead, things grow thanks to fertilizer!
  - Lancelot says:
    
    2 February 2018 at 19 h 10 min
    
    Le progrès moderne n'et qu'une illusion ont a plus détruit la planète en 60 ans qu'en des dizaines de milliers d'années les idiots sont tellement endoctriné par la société qu ils sont incapable de se remettre en question!
benaim says:

11 November 2011 at 15 h 05 min

composition of nutella first of industrial white sugar of trans fatty acids (mauvaise graisse car huile chauffer a tres haute temperature du glutamate monosodique le e621 pour rendre accro les consommateur completement ingnorant des ogm des noissette traiter aux pestiside
puis les phtalates ,Mr Ferrero doesn't eat Nutella ,he has enough money to pay for quality food ,no industrial products that are worthless ,il ya une pate a tartiner encore bien meilleur que le nutella meme au niveau des ingredient car sucre de canne beaucoup plus de noisette huile non trans vanille bio meme pas de soja
voici le nom de cette pate a tariner chukenut caco noisette vendu dans les magsin biocop fabriquer en france pas a grand echelle comme le poison nutella donc une meilleur qualite
voir le site de corinne gouget
varignon didier says:

22 November 2011 at 22 h 57 min

The perverse agro-food derivatives are insidious, we must punish them for their ultimate motivation, money, we must respond to them
requests donated to the allhospital and social security
oniisan says:

5 December 2011 at 21 h 02 min

Good evening,

il y a un produit qui apporte beaucoup plus de vitamines et qui a en plus du croquant à l'intérieur et c'est aussi une pâte à tartiner aux noisettes, ça s'appelle OVOMALTINE. Désolé pour le coup de pub mais si ça intéresse de manger autre chose que le NUTELLA...

Kind regards.
- LOOK OUT says:
  
  11 January 2013 at 22 h 05 min
  
  Ovomaltine not a great product
juanito says:

6 December 2011 at 8 h 43 min

Je préfère encore manger du Nutella de temps en temps que de m'exposer à tous les autres risques de chaque minute de ma vie.
(gaz d'échappements dehors, wifi waves from my pc at the moment, the ugly rays of the sun, cross the road, manger au restau d'entreprise, read stupid articles, et j'en passe).

Shit, live ! let's eat, baisons ! let's die !
David says:

11 December 2011 at 16 h 04 min

We're crazy!!!
It's too good.
No one will take my Nutella.
- Opheliebronx says:
  
  27 June 2013 at 1 h 00 min
  
  haha I said that before I slept with it but now I'll give it to you if you want !! (jai 2 pots tout neuf qui attende d'etre mangeait)!!
- Private navigation says:
  
  28 August 2017 at 23 h 10 min
  
  Shut up
Robin says:

6 January 2012 at 18 h 01 min

You see , moi je suis élève en 1ère S et je crois que j'ai une plus grande maturité que la plupart des personnes qui ont commenté cet article.
For me the world moves forward with a quote : The best learning comes from mistakes.
I take up the problem of Bisphenol A , problem that came to light , qui a fait peur à tous les parents vu qu'il touchait les bébés. Brief , le problème a été réglé et le Monde a avancé d'un pas.
Aujourd'hui , this problem breaks out , il sera sans doutes réglé dans les temps à venir. Et le Monde fera un nouveau pas.
Certes il faut rester prudent mais quand même profiter des plaisirs de la vie . On en a qu'une .
Voilà. J'espère que la Jeunesse vous aura raisonnez ;)
- teulié says:
  
  9 January 2012 at 13 h 27 min
  
  and the ankles are fine? thanks for the laugh anyway!! mature at first it wouldn't be known?
  - LOOK OUT says:
    
    11 January 2013 at 22 h 07 min
    
    a bit of a joke anyway as a remark
    I find this useless
RA says:

8 January 2012 at 23 h 46 min

bah,
on n'est pas sorti de la berge !!!
NO to MERDIALIZATION, penser à ce que l'on consomme revient à pouvoir penser à ce que l'on fabrique, il suffit plus souvent d'une dose de bon sens et de savoir faire, pour que notre sort ne soit pas scellé par les machines multinationales... good luck to all good souls