Identified as hazelnut cream with cocoa, Avelãcrem, from the Fugini brand, does not contain hazelnuts. Despite the fact that the fruit is in the name of the product, there is only one flavoring with the flavor of the nut in its formula.
The complaint made by a consumer to the Brazilian Institute of Consumer Defense (Idec) was forwarded to the National Consumer Secretariat (senacon), an agency of the Ministry of Justice, and the Sanitary Surveillance of the municipality of Monte Alto (SP).
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According to Mariana Gondo, lawyer for Idec’s Food program, the disparity of information between the label and the list of ingredients violates consumer rights and falls within the scope of what the Consumer Defense Code (CDC) establishes as misleading advertising. , as it misleads the consumer in relation to the characteristics of a product.
The case is similar to others that happened this year, such as the McDonald’s McPicanha sandwich that did not contain picanha and the Del Valle Fresh drink, which could not be considered as juice. For Idec, these repeated incidents demonstrate that “the practice of using ‘ghost’ ingredients is common in the market.”.
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