Think again.
Just did a side by side comparison with chocolate frosting we had for last minute birthday cupcakes. The stats for a 2-tablespoon serving: total calories 130 frosting, 230 jif. Total fat 5g frosting, 14g jif. Sat fat 1.5g frosting, 3.5g jif. Sugars 18g frosting 21g jif. The one downside to the frosting: 2g trans fat.
This spread is jif chocolate, but it’s the same kind of numbers for Nutella
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THANK YOU! I never understood why it was so popular on the “healthy living” blogs…
I really think it’s less of a “we think this is healthy” and more of an inability to embrace a little bit of the unhealthy stuff some of the time. As for me, I welcome it on occasion
I scoff everytime I see the Nutella commercials….”made with hazelnuts, skim milk, and a hint of cocoa” oh boy…they are trying to make it sound like its a nutritious staple, when really its more of something to use as a treat once in a while…and only 2g of protein? Peanut butter is better than that. But still…it is really delicious and I won’t argue with that!
Agreed. For those calorie numbers I would much rather sink my teeth into a fresh chocolate chip cookie – and if it was whole wheat it would even have a little fiber!