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Queggy
Nutella is the brand name of a hazelnut-based sweet spread created by the Italian company Ferrero.
Although Nutella was first marketed in 1964, its predecessor — a spread named "Supercrema", had been marketed by Ferrero since 1951 though records indicate that Supercrema was developed in 1949, and it was in turn derived from a previous product known as "Pasta Gianduja"; the latter was a solid block (not a spread) created by Pietro Ferrero, the brand founder, in 1946 with an initial sale of 660 pounds. The main chocolate-like flavoring ingredient, hazelnut, is a typical product of the Langhe, the area of Piedmont where the Ferrero family originates (Pietro had its patisserie in Alba, Province of Cuneo). These products were all preparations of gianduja, a chocolate and hazelnut blend developed in Italy after excessive taxes on cocoa beans hindered the diffusion of conventional chocolate.
In 1963, Pietro's son Michele Ferrero decided to revamp Supercrema, with the intention of marketing it Europe-wide; its composition was modified, as well as the label image and brand name: the name "Nutella" (based on the word "nut") and its logo were registered towards the end of the same year, and remain unchanged to this day. The first jar of Nutella left the Ferrero factory in Alba (in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont), on April 20, 1964. The product was an instant success, and remains widely popular to this day. The estimated Italian production of Nutella averages 179,000 tons per year.
The Italian pronunciation is IPA: , and an approximation of this is made in most other languages, including American English. In the UK, however, Nutella is normally pronounced /nʌˈtɛlə/, reflecting its derivation from the English word "nut" /nʌt/.
Nutella is a modified form of gianduja. The exact recipe is a secret closely guarded by Ferrero. According to the product label, the main ingredients of Nutella are sugar and modified vegetable oils, followed far behind by hazelnut, cocoa and skimmed milk, comprising together at most 28% of the ingredients. The recipe for Nutella varies in different countries. In the case of Italy the formulation uses less sugar than the product sold in France. Nutella is marketed as "hazelnut cream" in many countries; it cannot be labeled as a chocolate cream under Italian law, as it does not meet minimum cocoa concentration criteria.
Despite being advertised as a healthy breakfast choice for children, about half of the calories in Nutella come from fat (11g in a 37g serving, or 99 kcal out of 200 kcal) and about 40% of the calories come from sugar (20g, 80 kcal).
Listed ingredients =
* Australia: sugar, vegetable oil, hazelnuts (13%), skim milk powder (8.7%), fat-reduced cocoa powder (7.4%), emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavouring (vanillin)
* France: sugar, vegetable oil, hazelnuts (13%), fat-reduced cocoa powder (7.4%), skimmed milk powder, emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavouring.
* Germany: sugar, vegetable oil, hazelnuts (13%), fat-reduced cocoa powder, skimmed milk powder (7.5%), emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavouring (vanillin)
* Italy: sugar, vegetable oil, hazelnuts (13%), fat-reduced cocoa powder, skimmed milk powder (5%), whey powder, emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavouring.
* Poland: sugar, rapeseed oil, hazelnuts (13%), cocoa (7.4%), skimmed milk (5%), lactose, soya lecithin, vanillin (an artificial flavor).
* Spain: sugar, vegetable oil, hazelnuts (13%), fat free cocoa (7.4%), skimmed milk powder (6.6%), whey powder, emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavoring.
* United Kingdom : sugar, vegetable oils, hazelnuts (13%), fat-reduced cocoa (7.4%), skimmed milk powder (6.6%), whey powder, emulsifier (soy lecithin, vanillin
* USA & Canada: sugar, modified palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skimmed milk, reduced mineral whey, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), vanillin (an artificial flavor).
Nutrition Facts
Per 1 tbsp. (19g) (USA & Canada Product)
Calories 100
Fat 6g - Saturated 2g - Trans 0g
Cholesterol 1mg
Sodium 5mg
Carbohydrate 11g - Fibre 1g - Sugars 11g
Protein 1g
Nutella is generally not recommended for people with allergy to nuts. For many years (according to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, since at least October 2000) the Nutella USA FAQ used to state that the peanut oil used in Nutella production goes through a hot-solvent extraction process, which removes its protein content and is thus supposed to make it non-allergenic. This FAQ statement has been removed (again, the Wayback Machine shows that it was there until at least August 2007). The fact that Nutella contains traces of peanuts has caused it to be banned (in common with other foods that may contain nuts) from school lunches in some schools in Australia, UK, and Canada where pupils bring their own lunch to school. These schools call themselves "Nut-free zones" (<---- lol)
Nutella is also not recommended for people with milk allergy or lactose intolerance because of its skimmed milk and whey content.
Although Nutella is marketed in a variety of packages, its stereotypical containers have always been those made of glass (plastic containers are more common in the USA and Greece). Initially, the most popular glass containers were quite small, in fact just the size of a standard table glass for drinking, with the result that they can be used as normal table glasses once the product inside has been consumed. Different forms of these glasses are produced, turning them into collectible items.
Nowadays, Nutella is more frequently marketed in jars of a characteristic, trademarked shape. These are often 200 g, 350 g, 400 g or 750 g jars, although in some countries (such as Italy and France), 3 kg and 5 kg jars are available (most often in special occasions, such as Christmas). In the United States it is typically sold in 13 oz jars (371 grams.)
In Australia Nutella is sold in the standard shape plastic jars with translucent plastic screw top lids. Single serve catering packs aimed at the school lunch market are also available in retail stores.
In its home country of Italy, Nutella has become a cultural and social phenomenon. Many books have been written about it, and it is the core of a celebrated scene in the movie Bianca, by the Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti, in which a character relieves his post-coital anxieties by eating from a gigantic Nutella jar.
Nutella is also very popular in the rest of Europe, Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Singapore, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago and South Africa, mostly with children and teenagers. This is less true in the United States, where the product was only available as an expensive import until the 2000s. In the United States, basketball star Kobe Bryant was a former spokesman for Nutella, having grown up in Italy. Nutella is briefly mentioned in Chloé Doutre-Roussel's "The Chocolate Connoisseur", which includes an anecdote of her mother flying into Mexico with several jars and smearing it on her face to convince a Customs Officer that it was a facial mask, and not a banned food product.
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Queggy
While Nutella has generally become synonymous with hazelnut and chocolate spread worldwide, similar products with other brand names enjoy wide success in some countries. This includes "Merenda" in Greece ("merenda" is Italian for a mid-afternoon snack), Nocilla in Spain, Nucita in South America, and Sokella (or Cokomel) in Turkey.
* Nocilla in Spain (Nocilla is an originally Spanish product. Nutella only entered the Spanish market recently).
* Tulicreme in Portugal
* Nutoka, Nulacta, Winsenia and Choco Duo in Germany
* East Germans called it Nudossi (Nudossi, an originally East German product, is still available in the former East German part of reunited Germany, but is almost unknown in former West Germany.)
* Mars has a brown-and-white swirled hazelnut-chocolate spread, Milky Way (spread) named for its Milky Way bar.
* "Alpella" in Turkey,prodouct by Ülker.
* Choconutta, Hazella spread and a wide variety of Store Brand hazelnut spreads are available in Canada.
* Plasmon's Ergo Spalma and Star's Ciao Crem have been the most important alternative products to Nutella in Italy though nowadays they are no longer on sale. Ergo Spalma had quite a lot more chocolate than Nutella in it. There was another competitor, less famous, called Nutty Bicolore (Bicolore means "two colours") which was a jar of a Nutella-like cream combined with a beige vanilla cream. During the late '80s, the Nutella brand copied this particular recipe creating Nutella Bicolore, which however did not encounter great success.
* Nugatti in Norway
See also
* Gnutella, a file sharing protocol, is named as a pun on 'Nutella' and the GNU licensing scheme. Its pronunciation is similar to how an English-speaker would pronounce "Nutella" (see the section on pronunciation, above).
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Miyari
Hell yes. Nutella is awesome.
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Avallen
Oh my god.
Nutella.
Nutella.
Nutella.
/orgasm
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blademeld
Oh my god.
Nutella.
Nutella.
Nutella.
/orgasm
too much over a food item
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Biglove
Oh my god.
Nutella.
Nutella.
Nutella.
/orgasm
I agree. Althought one Nutella would be enough.
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Mischieff
Nutella + Peanut Butter + Bananas + Bread, along side a big tall glass of milk is one of the most delicious snacks known to man.
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Mischieff
Nutella + Peanut Butter + Bananas + Bread, along side a big tall glass of milk is one of the most delicious snacks known to man.
just replace the milk with good 'ol english tea and anything is delicious. i swear tea has magical properties......
I've never had authentic English Tea before, so I can't say. Maybe, but I'm a milk kinda guy, in high school, I was going through 5 gallons a week.
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Queggy
Nutella is good on pancakes and good as the creamy stuff between to parts of sponge in cake.
your sig made me laugh so hard, especially because of your icon.
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