UK: Kellogg reprimanded over cookie ads
By: just-food.com | 4 February 2009
The UK's advertising standards watchdog has banned a marketing campaign for Kellogg's Nutri-Gran Soft Oaties biscuits bearing the strapline "Wholesome cookie goodness".
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The UK's advertising standards watchdog has banned a marketing campaign for Kellogg's Nutri-Gran Soft Oaties biscuits bearing the strapline "Wholesome cookie goodness".
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