Nutella inventor Francesco Rivella died on the age of 97 | EUROtoday

He is taken into account a co -inventor of the world -famous unfold: the Italian Francesco Rivella died on the age of 97. The chemist performed an necessary function within the growth of nut nougat cream.

The co -inventor of Nutella, Francesco Rivella, died on the age of 97. Rivella grew to become generally known as a meals chemist on the Ferrero Group within the northern Italian city of Alba in Piedmont. Together with the then firm boss Michele Ferrero, he developed the composition of the nut-nougate unfold, which was initially referred to as “Supercrema”.

According to the Italian information company Ansa, Rivella died on Valentine’s Day – precisely ten years after the demise of Ferrero. For a long time he was thought-about his proper hand. As a technical director, Rivella was additionally concerned within the growth of different merchandise comparable to “Mon Chéri” or “Children’s Chocolate”. In 1993 he retired.

After the compelled renaming the unfold in 1964 – since then nothing has been offered in Italy with the predicate “Super” – got here with the brand new identify of the worldwide breakthrough. “Nut” stands for nut, “-ella” is without doubt one of the traditional Italian endings.

500,000 tons of Nutella per 12 months

Today Ferrero is a worldwide company with an annual turnover of greater than 18 billion euros, which remains to be household -owned. He produces 500,000 tons of Nutella a 12 months. The Germans are among the many most loyal clients. Nutella has lengthy since change into a synonym for nut-nougat spreads of every kind.

The precise recipe stays secret. However, nutritionists level out {that a} 400-gram glass comprises 72 cubes. After years of criticism, Ferrero has defined to solely use palm oil from licensed sustainable manufacturing. However, environmentalists proceed to accuse – additionally as a result of in Italy whole areas of hazelnut monocultures are abandoned. According to estimates, a few quarter of world hazelnut manufacturing is used for Nutella.