The king of chocolate and Italian manufacturer Michele Ferrero died on Saturday at the age of 89. The father of Nutella was known as the richest candy maker in the world and, according to Forbes magazine, the richest Italian. Many chocoholics would probably agree that Ferrero's delicious chocolate-hazelnut spread is one of the best inventions of the 20th century. Read on for some interesting facts about the popular spread.
His father Pietro Ferrero, the founder of the successful Ferrero company, presented his first version of Nutella in 1946, Nutella was then sold in its creamy version in 1951, then under the name "Supercrema". In 1963, it was thought that the product could be sold elsewhere in the world, so Ferrer wanted to change the name of the cream spread. In addition to the name, they also changed the composition of the spread a little and Nutella was created. The first glass of namaz as we know it today left Italy on April 20, 1964, and since then the popularity of divine namaz has only grown. We celebrate on February 5 World Nutella Day, and below, read 10 facts you didn't know about Nutella.
1. In the 1940s, Pietro Ferrero wanted to create a kind of cheaper, alternative version of chocolate that was available in limited quantities during World War II. For Nutella, they needed hazelnuts, which they had locally available in large quantities, and a little cocoa.
2. The product was initially sold in a hard piece, under the name "Pasta gianduja", which had to be first cut into pieces and only then spread on bread.
3. The name Nutella was created as a result of combining the English word "nut" and the Latin suffix for sweet - "ella".
4. In 1964, the product was also sold in Great Britain.
5. For many years, Italian stores spread Nutella for free to children who came to the store with a piece of bread.
6. In 2012, the French proposal to increase taxes on palm oil (one of the main ingredients of Nutella) became known globally as the 'Nutella tax'.
7. A jar of Nutella is sold worldwide every 2.5 seconds.
8. In 2013, in Germany, around 5 tons of Nutella, worth around 16 thousand euros, were stolen from a parked van.
9. With the amount of Nutella produced in 2013, you could go around the world 1.4 times.
10. Nutella is made by Ferrero SpA, which was owned by Michele Ferrero, son of Pietro Ferrero. Forbes believes that Michele is the richest man in Italy, as he owns a chain worth as much as 21.5 billion euros. The company also produces Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
