--- title: Nutella Wins Lawsuit About Health Claims by Choco description: A Belgian court has ruled "Choco" spread has to stop claiming it's better than Nutella. canonical: https://time.com/4823409/nutella-lawsuit-health/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-19T15:47:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:37.523Z og:title: Nutella Wins Case Against Chocolate Spread That Claims It's Healthier og:description: A court has ruled that "Choco" has to stop claiming it's healthier than Nutella og:url: https://time.com/4823409/nutella-lawsuit-health/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f33d8c6ee1246e2/6987805a0b72e34c176ddcb0/nutella.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5185 og:image:height: 2917 og:image:alt: Nutella og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nutella Wins Case Against Chocolate Spread That Claims It's Healthier twitter:description: A court has ruled that "Choco" has to stop claiming it's healthier than Nutella twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f33d8c6ee1246e2/6987805a0b72e34c176ddcb0/nutella.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nutella Maker Wins Case Against Rival Chocolate Spread That Claims It's Much Healthier > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 19, 2017 3:47 PM UTC  Nutella NutellaThe Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 19, 2017 3:47 PM UTC A Belgian court has ruled that [Nutella](http://time.com/3681714/nutellla-child/) rival “Choco” cannot advertise claims that its chocolate spread is healthier and more eco-friendly than Nutella. [_The Guardian_](https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jun/19/belgium-palm-oil-nutella-ferrero-delhaize-court-battle-environmental-health-claims) reports that the chocolatey dispute began with the Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize’s 2013 advertising campaign claiming its best-selling Choco spread was better for you and more eco-friendly because it didn’t contain any palm oil, unlike Nutella. (Choco is manufactured with sunflower oil, cocoa butter and coconut oil, according to its [website](http://www.delhaize.be/en-be/shop/Sweet/Breakfast/Spreadable/Choco-7C-Spread-7C-Crunchy/p/S2016040503643640000), while [Nutella](https://www.nutella.com/en/us/the-7-ingredients) contains hazelnut, sugar, palm oil, and cocoa solids.) [Nutella’s](http://time.com/3924050/french-ecology-minister-nutella/) manufacturer Ferrero brought the case against the chain, arguing that the advertising was deceptive and damaging to the Nutella brand. The court ruled that the Choco retailer will have to pay almost $28,000 for every repetition of the claim going forward. Ferrero maintains that it’s “illegal” to claim a food is better than another product because of palm oil. --- > “” --- For Choco’s part, a spokesperson said the decision won’t stop it from making inspirational products. --- > “” --- As for Ferrero’s separate argument that Delhaize shouldn’t even be allowed to call its spreadable product Choco because it’s missing chocolate, that claim was thrown out by the court. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4823409/nutella-lawsuit-health/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4823409/nutella-lawsuit-health/"},"headline":"Nutella Maker Wins Case Against Rival Chocolate Spread That Claims It's Much Healthier","datePublished":"2017-06-19T15:47:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:37.523Z","description":"A court has ruled that \"Choco\" has to stop claiming it's healthier than Nutella","url":"https://time.com/4823409/nutella-lawsuit-health/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre","food and drink","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f33d8c6ee1246e2/6987805a0b72e34c176ddcb0/nutella.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f33d8c6ee1246e2/6987805a0b72e34c176ddcb0/nutella.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nutella","caption":"Nutella","creditText":"The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4823409/nutella-lawsuit-health/","name":"Nutella Maker Wins Case Against Rival Chocolate Spread That Claims It's Much Healthier"}}]}] ```