https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed On World Nutella Day, we look at the unusual and sometimes controversial history of Italy's famous hazelnut spread. https://www.thelocal.it/20200205/nutella-anniversary-history-curious-facts Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:55:44 +0100 nutella-anniversary-history-curious-facts Italian biscuit-maker Barilla is taking on the might of Ferraro’s Nutella with its own ‘healthier’ and more 'ethical’ chocolate and hazelnut spread. It's a daunting challenge in Italy where Nutella has 88 percent of the market. https://www.thelocal.it/20181210/battle-of-the-biscuit-giants-barilla-takes-on-nutella-with-ethical-new-chocolate-spread Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:46:16 +0100 battle-of-the-biscuit-giants-barilla-takes-on-nutella-with-ethical-new-chocolate-spread The Italian maker of the chocolate and hazelnut spread Nutella admitted to adjusting its formula on Monday following a report by a German consumer group. https://www.thelocal.it/20171107/nutella-makers-admit-changing-formula-of-famous-spread Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:47:18 +0100 nutella-makers-admit-changing-formula-of-famous-spread Italian confectionery giant Ferrero is set to become the first Italian food company to rake in more than €10 billion in a year. https://www.thelocal.it/20160404/turnover-of-italian-chocolate-giant-ferrero-to-go-beyond-10-billion Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:40:19 +0200 turnover-of-italian-chocolate-giant-ferrero-to-go-beyond-10-billion Germany's top consumer rights organization Stiftung Warentest revealed that 16 of 21 chocolate spreads they tested contain potentially cancer-causing toxins. An all-clear for Nutella though - the beloved Italian brand is fungus-free and flavourful as ever. https://www.thelocal.it/20160324/german-consumer-rights-group-warns-of-toxic-knock-off-nutella Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:29:42 +0100 german-consumer-rights-group-warns-of-toxic-knock-off-nutella Maria Franca Fissola, the widow of Italy's chocolate magnate Michele Ferrero, was named the richest Italian on the planet on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160302/nutella-makers-widow-is-now-the-worlds-richest-italian Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:06:22 +0100 nutella-makers-widow-is-now-the-worlds-richest-italian A marketing campaign that lets people personalize their jars of Nutella, the famous Italian spread, has not gone to plan, with participants designing labels that read "diabetes" and "poop". https://www.thelocal.it/20150923/naughty-nutella-fans-create-joke-labels Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:05:01 +0200 naughty-nutella-fans-create-joke-labels Italian police managed to foil an audacious attempt by three people to make off with 29kg worth of Nutella from a supermarket in the Ligurian town of Sarzana. https://www.thelocal.it/20150907/italian-police-foil-nutella-heist Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:05:54 +0200 italian-police-foil-nutella-heist For many, opening the cupboard to find someone else in your family or flatshare has finished the Nutella jar is the stuff of nightmares. https://www.thelocal.it/20150826/german-made-gadget-clamps-down-on-nutella-thieves Wed, 26 Aug 2015 19:08:02 +0200 german-made-gadget-clamps-down-on-nutella-thieves The board of British chocolate maker Thorntons said on Monday it had agreed a takeover deal by Italian rival Ferrero that values the firm at about £111.9 million (€156.2 million, $177.4 million). https://www.thelocal.it/20150622/italian-nutella-maker-to-buy-british-rival-thorntons Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:27:09 +0200 italian-nutella-maker-to-buy-british-rival-thorntons France's ecology minister has apologized to Italy after she told French people that they needed to stop scoffing Nutella for the sake of the planet. https://www.thelocal.it/20150617/nutellagate-french-minister-grovels-to-italy Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:56:25 +0200 nutellagate-french-minister-grovels-to-italy UPDATED: French people need to stop scoffing Nutella for the sake of the planet, the government's ecology minister has said, even though she admitted that it does indeed taste good. https://www.thelocal.it/20150616/french-told-to-stop-eating-nutella-to-save-planet Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:20:14 +0200 french-told-to-stop-eating-nutella-to-save-planet A court in northern France has barred a couple from calling their baby Nutella, after the famous Italian chocolate spread, because "it isn't in the child's best interest". https://www.thelocal.it/20150126/parents-barred-from-calling-their-child-nutella Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:19:00 +0100 parents-barred-from-calling-their-child-nutella Michele Ferrero, the inventor of Italy’s famous chocolate brand Nutella, is Italy’s richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for 2014. https://www.thelocal.it/20141105/nutella-inventor-is-italys-richest-person Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:39:00 +0100 nutella-inventor-is-italys-richest-person The president of the Italian food giant Ferrero has denied that there is a Nutella shortage on the way after speculation that a poor hazelnut harvest could hit the popular chocolate spread. https://www.thelocal.it/20140826/ferrero-dispels-fears-of-nutella-shortage Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:55:00 +0200 ferrero-dispels-fears-of-nutella-shortage Legions of Nutella fanatics may find themselves having to pay a bit more to get their fix of the Italian chocolate spread in future after a disastrous spell of weather prompted a shortage of the product's key ingredient. https://www.thelocal.it/20140820/french-may-have-to-shell-out-more-for-nutella Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:07:00 +0200 french-may-have-to-shell-out-more-for-nutella Italian sweets maker Ferrero on Wednesday unveiled plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nutella - the chocolate hazelnut spread that has conquered palates worldwide and created Italy's biggest fortune. https://www.thelocal.it/20140514/italian-emblem-nutella-turns-50-with-parties Wed, 14 May 2014 18:33:00 +0200 italian-emblem-nutella-turns-50-with-parties Perhaps they’d run out of the famed chocolate and hazelnut spread, but three thieves were so determined to get their hands on a jar by morning they broke into a lorry stocked with €200,000 worth of Nutella as it was parked at a service station outside Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20131010/thieves-attempt-200000-nutella-heist-as-trucker-snoozes Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:46:00 +0200 thieves-attempt-200000-nutella-heist-as-trucker-snoozes Following successful campaigns by Coca Cola and Heineken, Italy’s popular Nutella label is offering chocolate lovers the chance to buy their favorite product with their name on the label. https://www.thelocal.it/20131003/consumers-make-their-name-with-nutella-labels Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:01:00 +0200 consumers-make-their-name-with-nutella-labels Known around the world as "The original hazelnut spread", Italian brand Nutella has a new competitor on the market which offers an extra high. https://www.thelocal.it/20130822/cannabis-laced-nugtella-hits-the-market Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:14:00 +0200 cannabis-laced-nugtella-hits-the-market