I guess I am not that nutty of a gal!

I've got a colleague whose not nutty because of allergies towards the product ingredient.

I bought some of the German stuff and the Italian stuff over the internet. Last night my girlfriend and I made a bunch of crepes, and tried both.

We both significantly preferred the German variety.

Interesting that the "homeland" version of Nutella (being Italian originally) is of lesser quality/taste!

However, German expectations of quality are much higher, which lead to the same opinion over Austrian, Danish and slightly above the American version. (which has now improved, based on the last batch I purchased this summer)

I bought the Italian-made version at DeLaurenti's at Pike Place Market in Seattle. It was about double the cost of the US version, but there it was, begging me to buy it!

And while I find it tasted better than the American version, I'm not sure I can really say why. Creamier, maybe? It seems less gritty than the US ones I've bought.

To me, the Italian one from DiBruno Bros. in Philly (cost me $23 shipped!) tastes far superior. The American one seems more like the consistency of peanut butter (very thick and made with more "fake" ingredients I think), but the Italian one seems a bit runnier, for lack of a better word. It's also not completely creamy- there's still small chunks of hazelnut in there. If I had to choose a close comparison, I'd say the Italian version has the consistency of a thick honey.

My housemate is from Germany we have been living together in South Africa for about a year now. Every single morning she eats Nutella for breakfast. She is adddicted to it.

Europe...that's where you can get the real. I always stock up when I go!

German food pantry called "Edelweiss" in Lakeland, FL they insist they impoirt theirs! It's on their menu

I eat the Canadian version over toasted challah. It's addictive.

my coworker always buys those single serve packets at a local Italian joint.

--Russ

Originally Posted by brosnan6
Cool, thanks for the links. Like I said earlier, I want the foreign versions mainly for health reasons- I don't like to have trans-fats in my diet, and unfortunately the US Nutella has a lot of it!

I have no idea how I missed this thread and am coming late to the party (armed with my jar of Nutella of course!)

I could have written the above word for word. I learned early on not to buy Nutella in Austria (and a lot of other food as well).

We ate Nutella daily for breakfast and I still travel with a jar around the world. Canadian Nutella is better than US Nutella, but German and Italian is still best.

Last summer we had the 'great Nutella incident' travelling to India; I failed to buy any in Germany due to the Fronleichnam holiday and my Italian colleague had his three jars he was bringing confiscated in Singapore. Luckily a colleague was able to get me a jar via Malaysia (and the Italian got one via Australia) but we were both missing our 'real' Nutella....

great thread!!!!

That's a great story!

I need to buy another jar of the imported kind. Mmm...so good!

I've got two trips coming up, one to Rome and another to Budapest. If I don't check luggage, as most FTs don't, are there good (legal) ways to bring back the "real Nutella" in carry-on luggage? I'll have space and can handle the weight, just don't want it confiscated by security.

I recently learned the hard way that a tiny single-serve cup of applesauce is considered a liquid and is slightly over the 3 oz. limit. What about Nutella? Liquid, gel, ??

Thank you all for this enlightenment. I never knew there were different varieties.

Romelle