Why Is Nutella Bad for the Environment

Nutella on a grocery store shelf. … Royal blasted Italian company Ferrero, producer of Nutella, for its use of palm oil – a key ingredient in Nutella – saying it leads to deforestation. This devastation leads to the release of carbon into the atmosphere, a key contributor to global warming, Royal said.

Is Nutella environmentally friendly?

France’s Ecology Minister Segolene Royal has urged people to stop eating Nutella because it is made with palm oil and damages the environment. Ms Royal said the chocolate-hazelnut spread contributed to deforestation because oil palms were replacing trees.

Is Nutella killing the rainforest?

An important ingredient of Nutella is palm oil. This is an edible vegetable oil that is derived from the pulp of the fruit of oil palms. … Yes, that’s right, and the estimate is that palm oil kills about an area of 300 football fields of tropical rainforest per hour.