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June 18th, 2015 
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France’s ecology minister has said sorry to Italy after telling French people to boycott Nutella hazelnut chocolate spread for environmental reasons, due to its use of palm oil as an ingredient.
Ségolène Royal offered
“a thousand apologies” after she advised people not to eat
Nutella on the grounds that the production of palm oil, a key
ingredient in the spread, causes environmental damage to forests
around the world. Her call, on TV on Monday night, ignited a
surge of indignation both in France and Italy, particularly among
Italian politicians.
Nutella is produced by Italian chocolatier Ferrero.
Italian environment minister Gian Luca Galletti tweeted on
Tuesday night that French minister should “leave Italian products
alone” and added that he would eat “bread and Nutella for dinner
tonight.”
Another Italian politician, Michele Anzalda, accused France of
“serious and gross slight against Italian excellence” and
demanded apologies from Royal.
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MORE: Nut spat: Stop eating Nutella and save forests, French
ecology minister says
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s wife and daughter pointedly
visited a Nutella stand at the Milan Expo on Wednesday, Politico
Europe reported.
Even some international NGOs, such as Greenpeace or Verité, an
international fair labor organization, intervened in the
situation on behalf of Nutella producers.
Greenpeace said in a statement that a blanket boycott of products
containing palm oil is worthless as it would not solve the
problems in its production.
A Greenpeace spokesperson also added that Ferrero, the Nutella
producer, supports the Palm Oil Innovation Group and aims at
making its palm oil supply more environmentally friendly thus
being “one of the more progressive consumer-facing companies
with regards to palm oil sourcing,” Quartz reported.
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