Nutella is a brand of brown, sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread. Nutella is manufactured by the Italian company Ferrero and was introduced in 1964, although its first iteration dates to 1963.
A jar of Nutella and bread with Nutella spread
Nutella is often advertised along with milk and hazelnuts, although these ingredients constitute a small fraction of the recipe.
Palm oil is Nutella's second main ingredient by weight in Canada and America; the first is sugar.
"Nutella café" in Ontario, 2016
The hazelnut is the fruit of the hazel tree and therefore includes any of the nuts deriving from species of the genus Corylus, especially the nuts of the species Corylus avellana. They are also known as cobnuts or filberts according to species.
Ripe hazelnuts
Cracked hazelnut shell displaying the edible seed
Hazelnut tree, Turkey
Hand-harvest and sun-drying of hazelnuts in Turkey