Matija ŠukljeNutella vs “Nutełła” - the poster child of division in Europe.
Quincy ⁂@hook Nutełła?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutella#Production
The Nutella recipes vary between the (original) Italian, German, French and Polish factories.
Compared to ita.:
- fra. is the most similar
- ger. is thicker, presumably due to their darker and harder bread
- pol. has much more sugar and cheap fats
Officially that is due to our taste, but in Slovenia people prefer the ita. and ger. versions, which we had before. (I suspect Poles also don't prefer more sugar and fat). It's just cheaper.
@hook Ah, I see!
@quincy cheaper to make, that is. Not necessarily cheaper in the shop.
Pepsi does the same, among others.
@quincy old article and promises were made, but I'd like to see a renewed test how things changed in practice.
@EU_Commission and @beuc, are there any recent reports? I could not find any.
The last time I checked Nutella, the differences were still quite present.
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Just saw a glass of German Nutella next to a Polish one in the supermarket and was positively surprised the ingredients list was identical.
Needs more research, but that was nice to see.
Eppur si muove!