The Stiftung Warentest has finally lost the lawsuit with Ritter Sport. A Review on Milk Chocolate Nut must be blackened in several places. A blow to the testers who benefit from their good reputation.
The chocolate manufacturer Ritter Sport has the power struggle with the Stiftung Warentest the bad review of his nut -Chocolate finally won. Before the Munich Higher Regional Court, the testers failed on Tuesday in an attempt to help remove an earlier judgment against them. Thus, the Stiftung Warentest in her chocolate Ritter Sport test may continue to accuse no misleading labeling of a vanilla flavor.
In the test of whole milk and nut chocolate, the auditor of the Ritter Sport panel had the touch five given because the chocolate flavor containing piperonal, which had been produced artificially, what Ritter Sport denies. The manufacturer had reached a preliminary injunction against the assertion. Since the passage about Ritter Sport is blacked out in the report – it must now remain even after the decision of the Higher Regional Court.
Court throws Stiftung Warentest “untrue allegations” before
Whether the flavor is actually naturally or is produced chemically, the court, however, could not clarify. . Crucial to the process rather, the question was how the Stiftung Warentest consumer was informed of their test method
The presiding judge Eva Spangler threw Stiftung Warentest in this context, false allegations: For the Review awaken at many readers the impression that the product testers had the artificial vanilla flavor piperonal detected chemically in the chocolate by Ritter Sport. But this statement is not true, because there had been only a conclusion of product testers. An appeal against the decision is not possible
Advocate. “This case stinks to high heaven”
For the Stiftung Warentest the final defeat in the dispute is a serious blow, as they at their test results also benefited from its good reputation it has earned in 50 years. Legal defeats were extremely rare. Precisely because of the immense significance of the test reports must Stiftung Warentest choose their words very carefully, warned the judge. “If you write , you have demonstrated that, then you have to hold onto it. ”
The Stiftung Warentest argued, however, that piperonal in chocolate Ritter Sport must have been produced artificially, since no natural process for the recovery of the aroma is released. “This case stinks to high heaven,” criticized a lawyer for the foundation in court. The verdict was disappointing and now had to be thoroughly checked.
Ritter Sport advertises with natural flavors had
Ritter Sport assured from the beginning that it is the flavor piperonal is a natural flavor and refers to a guarantee issued by the flavors manufacturer Symrise., the company from the Holzminden had filed an affidavit in court that the aroma of natural origin was. Among other get it before in pepper or dill.
Ritter Sport is piperonal in all chocolates. however subject Chocolate tests was only the full-nut chocolate, which is the best selling chocolate bar of Ritter Sport., the company from forest book advertises for years trying to use only natural flavors The negative test result Stiftung Warentest had therefore made at the company for horror -. especially since it was published just in the important Christmas season. According to the judge, the report has made many customers doubt whether they should buy the chocolate. Whether Ritter Sport wants to claim damages from the Stiftung Warentest, the company was initially open
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