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Italian candy giant Ferrero plans to launch its first new flavor variety of Nutella next year, right from the Chicago area, the Chicago Tribune reported. Nutella Peanut was developed by Ferrero’s food scientists and will be made exclusively at the company’s factory in suburban Franklin Park. “We think it’s going to be big,” Seth Gonzalez, senior di...

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At this point, is Nutella a spread or a lifestyle? For more than 60 years, the chocolate-hazelnut delicacy has elevated the taste of toast, croissants, and milkshakes worldwide. It's even been used to give savory snacks like pizza or grilled cheese a dessert twist, and several official Nutella cafes across the United States serve up baguettes, poun...

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Nutella changes its recipe, Ferrero Rocher turns into squares, and Tic Tac gets a Dr. Pepper flavor. Ferrero North America has decided to step up its game: it aims to fully conquer the U.S. market with a wave of new offerings tailored specifically for American consumers. This is confirmed by the list of products the company will present at the upco...

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Francesco Rivella, the Italian chemist credited with helping to create Nutella, passed away on February 14 at the age of 97. Dubbed the "father of Nutella" by Italian media, Rivella played a key role in developing the globally popular chocolate-hazelnut spread during his tenure at Ferrero. Born in Barbaresco, Piedmont, Rivella pursued a degree in b...

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World Nutella Day is celebrated globally on 5 February, with fans posting recipes and pictures on social media of the popular chocolate-hazelnut spread. Currently marking its 60th anniversary, Nutella was invented in Italy in 1964 and today is sold in more than 170 countries around the world. Central to the Nutella-themed festivities in Italy on We...

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Imagine opening a jar of Nutella, harvested from hazelnuts grown in the Garden State. That’s an ultimate vision of Rutgers University researchers working with a $170,000 research grant from Ferrero Group. The Italian-based company, which also owns Ferrero Rocher, announced the funds in November to be disbursed over a four-year span. That was in add...

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Chocolate giant Fererro is launching a vegan version of the popular Nutella spread to go on sale in supermarkets in Italy this autumn. Nutella's origins can be traced back to World War II when cocoa was limited and expensive. As a result, chocolate makers searched for new ways to produce their products using ingredients such as hazelnuts. Nutella's...

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60 years of history locked in a jar, Nutella has become a brand, not just a product. Nutella's 60 years celebrate the genius of Michele Ferrero, who invented the hazelnut and chocolate spread in 1964. For decades it was an almost unique proposition inside large-scale retail; today it has become a product category in its own right. On April 20, 1964...

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Nutella, the Italian chocolate-hazelnut spread, is celebrated internationally with World Nutella Day on 5 February. This year also marks the 60th anniversary of the iconic brand by Ferrero, a Made in Italy success story, invented in 1964. The story of Nutella goes back to post-war Italy when cocoa was a scarce commodity. Ferrero, founded as a pastr...

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Quality has always been at the heart of everything Ferrero does. What originally started as a small family-run business in Italy, quickly became one of the world’s largest and most well-known sweet-packaged food companies. The taste of hazelnuts and chocolate that characterize most of its products, starting with Nutella, is distinguishable worldwid...

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