https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German MPs have blasted a World Cup promotion by Nutella chocolate spread, after they worked out people would have to scoff almost 16 kilos of the sugary treat to earn a football. https://www.thelocal.de/20180718/german-mps-blast-nutella-ad-strategy-saying-it-encourages-kids-to-eat-1575-kilos Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:22:27 +0200 german-mps-blast-nutella-ad-strategy-saying-it-encourages-kids-to-eat-1575-kilos A supermarket in the west of Germany announced on social media at the weekend that it had started selling Nutella by the bucketload. The news has since spread like wildfire. https://www.thelocal.de/20180314/supermarket-with-secret-source-of-nutella-buckets-strikes-germanys-sweet-tooth Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:32:44 +0100 supermarket-with-secret-source-of-nutella-buckets-strikes-germanys-sweet-tooth The maker of the chocolate and hazelnut spread Nutella admitted to adjusting its formula on Monday following a report by a German consumer group. https://www.thelocal.de/20171107/lighter-more-sugar-controversy-spread-after-nutella-changes-formula Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:44:17 +0100 lighter-more-sugar-controversy-spread-after-nutella-changes-formula Germany's top consumer rights organization Stiftung Warentest revealed that 16 of 21 chocolate spreads they tested contain potentially cancer-causing toxins. An all-clear for Nutella though - the beloved Italian brand is fungus-free and flavourful as ever. https://www.thelocal.de/20160324/sweet-sweet-german-chocolate-spreads-full-of-fungi Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:00:21 +0100 sweet-sweet-german-chocolate-spreads-full-of-fungi For many, opening the cupboard to find someone else in your family or flatshare has finished the Nutella jar is the stuff of nightmares. But one man in Germany has come up with a way to help Nutella lovers protect their hoard from wandering spoons and fingers. https://www.thelocal.de/20150826/german-invention-aims-to-reduce-nutella-crime Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:29:33 +0200 german-invention-aims-to-reduce-nutella-crime A group, labelled the "Nutella gang" for stealing 2,500 jars of the chocolate spread, have been jailed for 15 years and six months. https://www.thelocal.de/20140428/court-jails-germanys-nutella-gang Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:18:00 +0200 court-jails-germanys-nutella-gang Millions of Germans are famously fond of the chocolate spread Nutella - but police said it was probably professional thieves rather than a desperate dieter who stole five tonnes of the breakfast staple at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20130408/48999 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:50:00 +0200 48999 A German court has told makers of Nutella to change the labels which it said were misleading, giving the impression that the nut-chocolate spread had more vitamins and less fat and sugar than it did. https://www.thelocal.de/20111118/38957 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:15:00 +0100 38957