What is it about our insatiable love for Nutella? For me, it’s that gooey spoonful of chocolatey heaven that spreads like a dream. Nutella is a special blend of cocoa and hazelnut and today (February 5), we celebrate World Nutella Day.
To help you savour the day, here’s som fun facts about Nutella plus fab recipes for you to enjoy.
- Nutella was first launched by an Italian company in 1964.
- Nutella was first exported to the United States in the early 1980s.
- Nutella is recognised for a Guinness Book of Records after it was served at a large continental breakfast in Germany in 2005 to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
- The popularity of this binge-worthy spread is thanks to Italian baker Pietro Ferrero who first combined hazelnut with cocoa during World War 2 to make up for the shortage of cocoa – and it was a huge hit.
- In 2015, the courts in France banned parents naming their children Nutella.
- Nutella uses nearly a quarter of the world’s hazelnut supply. Thanks to this, the world’s pricing for hazelnuts has also increased by 60% of its original pricing in the market.
- The Ferrero Group sells a jar of Nutella every 2.5 seconds from stores and markets from all over the world.
- If you were to gather all of these jars and lined them up, you would be able to circle the earth a total of 1.4 times.
- While fans commonly know the product as ‘nuh-tell-uh’, Ferrero has confirmed that the product is actually pronounced as ‘new-tell-uh’.
- Michele Ferrero has an estimated net worth of $23.5 billion.
- Nutella is Kosher.
- In commemoration of Nutella’s 50th anniversary, the Italian Postal Service released a Nutella-themed stamp in 2014. It featured a jar of Nutella on the stamp.
- According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the fastest time that anyone has ever eaten through a jar of Nutella capped at 2 minutes and 31.67 seconds. The world record was accomplished in 2013 by a man named Peter Czerwinski.
