Nutella fans enraged over recipe change

The manufacturer of Nutella is in damage-control mode after the Hamburg Consumer Protection Center revealed the recipe had been changed. The new Nutella has more skimmed milk powder, more sugar, less cocoa, and less fat. It's also lighter in color. Fans of the hazelnut chocolate spread are shocked and confused by the change.

Hi @spunky3825 our recipe underwent a fine-tuning and continues to deliver the Nutella fans know and love with high quality ingredients.

- Nutella (@NutellaUSA) November 8, 2017

OMG!! They are changing the recipe of #Nutella !!! NOOOOOOOO HOW DARE THEY!! Leave the sugar & coco alone!!! (C)(C)(C) pic.twitter.com/TjN8Xeb60E

- Gemma Byrne (@XGemma_ByrneX) November 7, 2017

How dare they tamper with Nutella's recipe. Leave the chocolatey goodness alone

- roshy a-i (@RoshhNosh) November 7, 2017

From WaPo:

Ferrero, the Italian company that makes Nutella, Tic Tacs and Ferrero Rocher chocolates, insisted that "the quality .".". and all other aspects of Nutella remain the same," in a statement obtained by the BBC.

The changes are to its milk and sugar content. The new recipe has 8.7 percent powdered skim milk, instead of 7.5 percent. It also contains 56.3 percent sugar, instead of the previous 55.9 percent, the Hamburg Consumer Protection Center said, according to Deutsche Welle.

"As the color of the new Nutella is lighter, we are working on the assumption that skimmed milk powder was added at the expense of cacao," the center said, although Ferrero did not confirm this.

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