Kings Day arrives and thus the end of the meals of the Christmas holidays. As each year closes with the roscón de Reyes and the nice game of the broad bean and the King. Millions of roscones will be sold in Spain these days but beware of the roscones hoax discovered for which they have fined supermarkets Lidl, Aldi and Dia.
The aforementioned supermarkets sold roscones de Reyes misleading the consumer, that is, they labeled the roscones with the word "cream" when it is not among its ingredients.. In reality, the fillings were made from vegetable fat preparations. This is how they use the term "cream" "cream" "cream filling" "with cream" fraudulently. All this has been the result of the complaint filed by Facua in various autonomous communities. At the moment, only the Balearic Islands have fined Aldi €11.000, Lidl €8800 and Dia €5500.
The deception of the false cream of the roscones de Reyes
Misleading food advertising using words, images, graphic representations and any method to confuse the consumer is becoming more frequent. The law is very clear and defines misleading advertising as "any conduct that contains false information or information that, even being true, due to its content or presentation misleads or may mislead recipients, being likely to alter their economic behavior" .
On the other hand, the legislation also makes it clear that all those products that are advertised with the word cream when it has a small part or is mixed with other ingredients in the filling also violate the regulations.
In conclusion It is always recommended to read the label. You have to be wary when the word appears on the front and not on the label. And especially when the price is outrageously cheap and impossible to use these ingredients.
