Nutella relies on refined palm oil for its smooth texture and shelf life and this oil is believed to increase your risk of cancer. "Making Nutella without palm oil would produce an inferior substitute for the real product, it would be a step backward," the Nutella manufacturer said. The European Food Safety Authority published in 2016 that palm oil is more dangerous than other vegetable oils when refined at temperatures above 200 degree Celsius.

Of course the internet reacted accordingly about this news, because EVERYONE loves Nutella:

My wife LOVES the stuff, but I'm pretty sure she'll brush it off because I'm pretty sure there's a ton of products out there that contain palm oil as an ingredient. Also, there's lots of things that 'could' give you cancer too... what's next, banning the sun?  

 

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