![]() ![]() At the time, Senegalese troops were newly familiar in France, fighting valorously in World War I, with about 30,000 casualties, and their courage and red hats (they were not given metal helmets) had endeared them to the public. ![]() It comes in a yellow box that, from 1917, was decorated with the smiling face of a Senegalese marksman wearing a bright red fez. The problem was not with its chocolate, cereal and banana flavoring ("the most nutritious product on the market," Henault boasts) but with its packaging. The problem was a big one, a lawsuit accusing Banania, Nutrimaine's chief product (it has only two), of "offending human dignity and of contravening public order because of its racist character."īanania has since 1912 been a favorite breakfast drink for French children. "About two or three days after I started I was told there was a problem with a group from France's former overseas territories," he said in a telephone interview. PARIS - When Thierry Henault, after a long career among such food industry giants as Nestlé, took over as president of Nutrimaine, a company of 70 employees north of Paris, he looked on it as a sort of peaceful pre-retirement post. ![]()
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