10 interesting facts about Nutella, which you did not know

There are few products that are loved all over the world - but Nutella is definitely among them. It is chocolate, nutty, creamy, delicious. Nevertheless, even if you adore this product, you probably do not know all the facts about it. But this is one of the most popular desserts in the world, with which there are many dishes. This paste is appreciated in various parts of the world, some are sure that it is not just food, it is a lifestyle. Let's get acquainted with "Nutella" closer!

The product appeared on the basis of the old Italian recipe

Chocolate paste Nutella is a version of dzhanduyi, a mixture of nut butter and chocolate. This dessert was invented in Turin during the reign of Napoleon. The blockade of ports in the Mediterranean Sea made chocolate scarce, so chocolate mixed it with hazelnut, which was abundant in the region. Janduya is the name of a popular puppet theater character from the region, a good-natured fat man and a connoisseur of girls.

One simple additive has become a secret to success

In 1951, the twenty-six-year-old son of Pietro Ferrero Michele wanted to find a way to transform his father's recipe into something more appetizing. Baker Ferrero produced solid blocks of walnut paste. Michele wanted to achieve a cream texture and after several experiments realized that this result gives the vegetable oil. The main components of "Nutella" are chocolate, nuts and palm oil.

The inventor became the richest man in Italy

Thanks to the success of the walnut paste and the Ferrero Rocher sweets, which also include "Nutella", Michele became a very rich man. In 2008 he became even richer than Silvio Berlusconi. By the time of his death at the age of eighty-nine years in 2015, his fortune was estimated at 26 billion dollars.

Pasta can not be called chocolate cream

According to Italian law, the product can be called nutty, but not chocolate, because it has a too low content of cocoa.

The company uses a quarter of the world's hazelnut

In each bank of Nutella there are about fifty nuts.

It's like spreading a chocolate bar on bread

This nutty paste is seventy percent fat and sugar. Two tablespoons contain two hundred calories, eleven grams of fat and twenty-one grams of sugar. To say that this is a useful and nutritious product, it is impossible.

There is a world day of "Nutella"

It is held on February 5 from 2007, was canceled only in 2013, but then the tradition was renewed. However, the holiday should be arranged on April 20, after all this day in 1964 the first bank was issued.

A commemorative stamp with "Nutella" was issued

In 2014 the Italian post issued a stamp in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the nut paste - on the mark the jar of "Nutella" was depicted on a gold background.

Do not put the dessert in the fridge

Due to the high sugar content of the paste, it can be stored at room temperature until the expiration date. If you store it in the refrigerator, the oil from the nuts will become hard and the paste will be difficult to smear.

You can not call a child Nutella

In 2015, a couple from France decided to call her daughter Nutella, but in court they were forbidden to do it, because the name was considered inappropriate. The girl was called Ella.