Good mood food from Unilever?
ByIs it just me or is there something really odd about a division of Unilever being involved in a healthy food initiative?
Irish food blogger and author, Donal Skehan, teamed up with Unilever catering to produce yummy recipes for students designed to wipe “high-fat, low-nutrition options off the menu”.
Unilever, the company that brings us pot noodle – a product they like to get into the hands of students during freshers week and get them hooked on slobby eating.
Unilever,the company that shows retailers how to stack Pot Noodle to maximise sales.
It’s the equivalent of Philip Morris getting behind a clean air initiative.
I should mention (as it appears to be obligatory), that the food blogger and author is constantly referred to as Ireland’s answer to Jamie Oliver. He should just change his name by deed poll and get it over and done with.
2 Comments
February 15th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Thanks for linking our blog post… and you’re right, Pot Noodle absolutely flood colleges with samples of their products during fresher’s week – and it’s pretty much the most unhealthy thing you could eat, given the number of additives and saturated fat they cram into it.
February 21st, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Yes, AJ, pot noodles: Dear Larousse in culinary hell, turning in his kitchen’s grave.
Reminds me of a pet hate of mine when shopping: Tesco’s “Finest” food range. What ‘finest’? Are they telling me that all the other food without the accolade is somewhat inferior? It’s snobbery at its worst: Whoever pays most at the check out wins.
Bon appetit.
U