Italian chemist Francesco Rivella, best known as the inventor of Nutella, died on Valentine’s Day, according to various news. He had 97.
Called “father” Nutella by Italian media, Rivella helped to create the world’s most famous hazelnut spread.
Rivella started working in Ferrero – an Italian Company for Chocolate and Confectionery – 1952, ten years before Nutella was presented in the world, Jam Press news agency reported.
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He was 25 years old and was fresh from acquiring a diploma from Bromatological Chemistry in Turin.
Rivella worked at Ferrer’s “Chemistry Room”, where some of the most significant brand creations were born.
Francesco Rivella, he considered “his father” Nutella, died. He was 97 years old. (Hendrik Schmidt/Picture Alliance via Getty Images; Jam Press)
It was part of the Ferrero team responsible for the study of raw materials for the development of new products by mixing, refining and tasting the ingredients in search of perfect flavors.
During her long career in Ferrerou, Rivella eventually became a senior company manager, founded in 1946 by the namesake Pietro Ferrero.
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Rivella collaborated closely with Ferrer’s son Michele Ferrero, who took over the family business, serving as a right -hander, says Jam Press.
The first iteration of what would become Nutella originally called Gianduyot, derived from Gianduja – Sweet Made of chocolate and hazelnuts – and sold in 1946.
The early version of Nutella is derived from pastry chefs made of chocolate and hazelnuts. (East)
“The sweet paste of the first recipe is shaped into bread that can be cut and spread on breadNamed after a local carnival character, “Nutella states on the website.
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By 1951, the paste was “turned into a creamy new product that spreads more easily,” Nutella said. His name was Supercrema.
It would have passed more than a decade before the recipe was improved-which led to the creation of the first jar of hazelnuts and cocoa cream in 1964, the website said.
Ferrero introduced Nutella to the world in 1964. (East)
In her book “Mondo Nutella World),” Italian journalist Gigi Padovani recalled Rivella and Michele Ferrero traveled the world to buy sweets “not to copy them, but to improve them.”
Nutella is made of Seven ingredientsAccording to his website – sugar, palm oil, hazelnut, milk, cocoa, lecithin and vanillin.
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World Nutelle Day, founded in 2007, was celebrated on February 5th.
After retirement, Rivella devoted herself to the farming of fruit and the traditional Italian sport Pallapugna, Jam Press reported.
World Nutelle Day was celebrated earlier this month. (East)
Rivella survived three sons, daughter and seven grandchildren. Michele Ferrero died on February 14, 2015 – 10 years until the day before Rivellalline’s death.
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Rivella funeral is scheduled for Monday in Alba, where he lived after retirement. According to reports, it will be laid to rest in Barbaresco.
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Fox News Digital reached for Ferrer seeking a further comment.
