6 Secret Origin Stories of Modern Foods

Nutella

Nutella is the best chocolate thing that has ever been created. To think that it was the result of WWII soldiers craving chocolate. At first it was a sweet paste made out of sugar and hazelnuts, because cocoa was incredibly hard to get, not to mention expensive, in Italy. In 1951 the first jar of SuperCrema saw the light of day. It contained almost the same chocolate spread we know and love today. After a few tweaks of the formula, a new product called Nutella was born in 1964, becoming a smash hit all over the world.

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