And to this day I have pronounced 'Nutella' like most other Aussies – when I'm reading my shopping list, in my head it's NA-TELL-AH. But it seems I've been wrong all along. According to the Nutella website, the delicious hazelnut and cocoa spread is pronounced NEW-TELL-UH. Yep that's right – “New-tell-uh”.
Nutella has now confirmed that the emphasis should actually be put on the 'N' and 'OU' – so the correct pronunciation is… “NOU- tella”.
“Nutella® (pronounced 'new-tell-uh') is a tasty, unique spread made from the combination of roasted hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa.
Choccy — chocolate
Everyone loves chocolate, so here's how you talk about it in Straya. Use the word choccy. That way, if you don't feel like a plain biccy, simply ask if they have a choccy biccy. That's a chocolate biscuit!
Nutella is manufactured by the Italian company Ferrero and was first introduced in 1964, although its first iteration dates to 1963.
Nutella® was officially born. Nutella® and its new iconic design officially launched in Germany. Oh la la! Nutella® reached Australia and opened its first plant outside Europe in Lithgow, near Sydney.
With its iconic design, Nutella® was launched in Germany. Oh la la! Nutella® arrived in France with great success. Nutella® reached Australia opening its first plant outside Europe in Lithgow, near Sydney.
Dinger. The term 'dinger' may have originated from popular culture, such as television shows, movies, and music; however, it's unknown exactly when the term was first coined. It's commonplace to refer to a condom as a 'dinger' in Australia.
Every Australian knows a rubber is a small stationery item used to correct pencil mistakes, and is more formally known as an eraser. But in the United States, the word “rubber” is a euphemism for condom.
Pietro's son gave a lot of thought and decided to name it 'Nutella'. The names came into existence by combining two words. The first 'nut' from 'hazelnut' and 'Ella', a suffix of positivity.
A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.
This changed the product to a chocolate spread and Michele decided to call it Supercrema. Only in 1964, was the birth of Nutella as we know it today when it was introduced to the UK market. At that point, they decided to select the name Nutella from the English word “Nut” and the Latin word “Ella” meaning sweet.
Ferrero Australia started in 1974 and since that time has sold in Australia and New Zealand famous Ferrero brands such as Tic Tac, NUTELLA®, Ferrero Rocher, Kinder Surprise, Kinder Chocolate and Bueno.
You may only use the NUTELLA® trademark to portray to the consumer that NUTELLA® hazelnut spread is an ingredient within or on top of an authorised food product (“Product”) as set out at the end of these T&Cs. You may not use the NUTELLA® trademark in out-of-store advertising and material.
Aussie slang is full of alternative words for our trousers and underwear. Reginalds or Reg Grundies are rhyming slang for undies, while bloomers are known as bum shorts in Queensland, and scungies in New South Wales and the ACT.
Rubber. This is an informal way of saying condom on the US – so a rubber is a contraceptive. We just call them condoms in the UK. And we use rubbers to remove pencil marks from paper.
Australian and New Zealand English uses "chips" both for what North Americans call french fries and for what Britons call crisps. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.
If you're feeling unwell, you could say you are crook. If someone is angry, you could say they've 'gone crook'. Crook can also be used to describe a criminal.
Most Australians now use the term doona meaning a quilt: there is no difference between a quilt and a doona. You might also hear the term 'duvet', which is used most commonly throughout Europe. This also refers to a quilt or doona. All three terms can be used interchangeably.
hottie (plural hotties) (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot. (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.
Why the controversy? One of the key ingredients in Nutella is palm oil, a controversial commodity mainly produced in Malaysia and Indonesia that is celebrated for its crop efficiency and low cost of production but also criticized for its contribution to deforestation and pollution.
While most of the world loves Nutella, France is particularly keen on it. The country reportedly eats a quarter of all the pots that are produced. That's about 75,000 tonnes of Nutella eaten in France each year.
The two key ingredients in Nutella, cocoa and hazelnuts, are vegan. But because, alongside ingredients like palm oil and sugar, these are combined with skimmed milk, the spread itself is not vegan. Milk, of course, comes from cows, which means it is a byproduct of animal agriculture and isn't considered vegan.
Is Nutella® Halal certified? Nutella® sold by Australian Food Service is sourced from Ferrero® factories in Alba, Italy and from Lithgow, Australia and is Halal certified. Please refer to the National Independent Halaal Trust website www.halaal.org.za for more information.