The Viennese Consumer Information Association (VKI) sued Manner on the instructions of the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs for chocolate-covered Viennese Neapolitan distribution practices, reminiscent of the taste of Mozart balls.
The court ruled in favor of VKI and found the packaging of Manner Mozart Mignon’s chips to be misleading, but the ruling is not yet final. Manner announced in a statement that it would “of course” file an appeal against the ruling.
During the decision-making process, several Manner Neapolitans were compared, indicating differences – not just in taste – between Neapolitan species. Mozart Mignon bags have been compared to three other flavors of Manner Neapolitans, which are marketed in the same packaging; They uniformly contained 400 grams of chips, but 100 grams less tasty were hidden in bags of Mozart minions.
Manner, in her statement in response to the verdict, drew attention to the fact that the net weight of 300 grams was “very visible” on the Neapolitan packaging of Mozart’s small letter. They also emphasized that packages weighing 300 and 400 grams are distributed in the same package, but not the same package, and therefore, the packaging cannot be described as misleading under any circumstances.
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