The beginnings of Nutella

According to Ferrero, Nutella was created in 1940 by the Confectioner Pietro Ferrero in the Piedmont, Italy developed that Spread first Pasta gianduja called. was a role model nougat (gianduia), one for the production of, among other things chocolates used mass of nuts, sugar and Couverture. In 1951 Ferrero changed the recipe to Supercrema gianduja . Due to an Italian law from 1962 that... prefix “Great” in brand names banned, the spread had to be renamed in 1964. Out of Supercrema became Nutella , a Made-up word from the English nut (nut) and the Italian female diminutive form -ella . The first jar of the spread under the name Nutella was released on April 20, 1964 Alba produced. From 1965 the cream was also sold outside of Italy. The design of the glasses comes from the Italian Lelo Cremonesi.

Nutella has been available in central Hesse for the German and Northern European markets since the 1960s Stadtallendorf manufactured at the Ferrero factory there, which is one of the largest private employers in the country Marburg-Biedenkopf district heard. This was also the first Ferrero production site outside of Italy.

Since Nutella was the first spread of its kind and today has a dominant position on the market, the name Nutella in everyday language Generic names (deonym) for any type of Nut nougat cream become. This is also a reason why many competing products use similar-sounding names - for example: Bionella, Nusstella, Nutoka or Nudossi.

Ferrero now sells 250,000 tons of Nutella every year in 75 countries worldwide. of Italy post issued its own stamp for Nutella's 50th birthday.

In 2015, a court in northern France ruled that a child could not Nutella may be called. The baby was in Ella renamed. Continue reading...