Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2011
Legal challenge to colonial and racist advertising imagery
Anti-racist critics argued that the “Y’a bon” slogan and the Black Senegalese infantryman mascot reproduced colonial stereotypes by portraying a cheerful, childlike, and linguistically incompetent African character. The Versailles Court of Appeal ordered Nutrimaine to stop manufacturing and marketing illustrations using the phrase and imposed a daily penalty for violations.