Consumers have expressed concerns about seeing white blisters on certain branded products. A normal phenomenon that, according to Ferrero, has nothing to do with salmonella, which is suspected in some children’s products.
The possible salmonella contamination of a large number of children’s products appears to have severely shaken some consumers’ confidence in Ferrero. Earlier this week, with concern, several customers of the brand shared on social media photos of another emblematic product, namely the Nutella spread. Doubtful: In some glasses, the chocolate-hazelnut paste was covered with whitish bubbles.
Consumers are scalded after the revelation of a salmonella contamination of Kinder products (owned by the Ferrero Group), which forced the confectioner to recall all products from the Belgian factory in Arlon made between October 15 and January 10 . These include Easter pralines, chocolate bons, but also an advent calendar for December 2021.
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However, the massive recall doesn’t affect Nutella or certain chocolate eggs like Kinder Eggs. Exactly the ones that internet users are worried about now. Kinder wanted to reassure them by pointing out on his official Twitter account that the blisters that could appear on the surface of the products are not linked to salmonella, but to a simple separation of the fat from the rest of the product.
This phenomenon has caught the eye of Internet users for years, long before Salmonella infection was suspected. In a 2014 Reddit discussion, a member of the online forum shared a picture of his Nutella jar with white bubbles before being reassured by other netizens about their nature.
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The same thing on an American Families forum: in 2013, before contacting Nutella directly, a netizen had shared a picture of his spread and white blisters, suggesting that storage conditions (and especially ambient temperature) could cause the fat shedding phenomenon.
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