🧾 What is it?
Nutella hazelnut spread with cocoa 450 g is a creamy chocolate and hazelnut spread designed to be spread on baked goods (e.g. bread, toast, rolls), but also as an accompaniment to pancakes, waffles, desserts and baked goods. It is a ready-to-eat sweet spread with the characteristic, delicately sweet flavour of hazelnuts and cocoa — popular as part of breakfast, a snack or a sweet treat.
🧪 Ingredients and allergens
✔️ Ingredients:
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Sugar
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Palm oil
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Hazelnuts (13%)
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Skimmed milk powder (8.7%)
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Reduced-fat cocoa powder (7.4%)
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Emulsifier: lecithins (soya)
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Vanillin (flavouring)
⚠️ Allergens:
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Hazelnuts (tree nuts) — not suitable for people with a nut allergy
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Milk / dairy products — contains milk
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Soya / soya lecithin — may cause problems for people with allergies
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 g)
(typical values for this type of spread)
| Ingredient | Value |
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| Energy | ~2,252 kJ / ~539 kcal |
| Fat | ~30.9 g |
| – of which saturated | ~10.6 g |
| Carbohydrates | ~57.5 g |
| – of which sugars | ~56.3 g |
| Protein | ~6.3 g |
| Salt | ~0.1 g |
👉 Nutritional information is approximate per 100 g of product; specific details can be found on the packaging.
🍫 Taste and use
✔️ Taste: sweet and creamy with a distinct hazelnut and chocolate flavour — characteristic of the Nutella brand.
✔️ Texture: smooth, soft and easy to spread.
📌 Recommended uses:
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🥖 On bread – bread, toast, rolls
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🥞 On pancakes, waffles and crêpes
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🍪 In desserts – e.g. as a filling for cakes or tarts
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🍓 With seasonal fruit – e.g. bananas, strawberries
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🍰 As a topping or ingredient in baking
🧊 Storage
➡️ Before opening: store at room temperature in a dry place, away from direct light.
➡️ After opening: close the lid and store again at room temperature; there’s no need to keep it in the fridge (which helps maintain its creamy consistency).
🧠 Summary
Nutella hazelnut and cocoa spread 450 g is a classic sweet spread combining the flavours of hazelnuts and cocoa, ready to eat straight away. It’s great on bread and with sweet dishes and desserts, although it’s high in sugar and fat, making it more of a treat than a healthy everyday food.
💡 Tip: If you want to bring out the flavour of the hazelnuts, serve it with thin slices of banana or a pinch of sea salt — an interesting contrast between sweet and subtly salty flavours!
