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This Nutella Factory Shut Down For A Concerning Reason

On Tuesday, February 19th, the world’s largest Nutella factory, located in Villers-Ecalles, France, temporarily shut down due to a “quality defect” in the production line. In a statement released by Nutella’s parent company Ferrero, the defect was detected in the “line of roasting and grinding nuts.”

As of February 25th, the factory has reopened — however, we’re still feeling a bit concerned about what exactly went wrong.

“This defect does not correspond to our quality standards, so we decided to temporarily suspend the activity of the factory,” Ferrero said in the February 19th statement via CNN. “This measure, taken in the name of the precautionary principle, will enable us to carry out further investigations.”

Further investigation into the defect affirmed that no finished product made by the Villers-Ecalles factory presented a health risk, nor were any affected Nutella products currently on the shelves. Therefore business returned to normal on the 25th.

“All concerns have been fully lifted,” Ferrero France said Friday February 22nd, via NDTV. “We can say that no products currently on the market are impacted by the situation and that the supply to our customers continues without interruption.”

Thank goodness.

Nutella, the popular creamy chocolate hazelnut spread, was created by Pietro Ferrero in 1946 after World War II created a cocoa shortage in Italy.

He substituted some of the cocoa needed for pastry fillings with hazelnuts, and Nutella was born.

Although there are other Nutella factories in the world, we’re glad the Villers-Ecalles factory is back up and running. What would we do without our daily dose of Nutella?

No Nutella, no future. That’s pretty much it.

Because we all know that Nutella is what makes the world go round. Seriously!

Have you seen all the lovely creations you can make with Nutella? They’re…so…beautiful.

Woah… WOAH!

Nutella-stuffed churros? God is real.

This Nutella milkshake is served in the jar. Genius.

This can’t be legal. This is just too good to be true.

Every song Harry writes is probs about Nutella.

What other kind of love story is there?

We think you mean who wouldn’t try this Nutella pizza.

And the answer is no one.

No one.

Definitely not enough. But we’ll take it anyway.

Kitchen table, newspaper, television. It goes great on anything.

And honestly, it’s worth the breakouts. Sorry not sorry, skin.

Hm…well…it depends! Okay?!

Thankfully, Ferrero knows how to swiftly handle an upset in quality and we won’t have to go without our precious Nutella any time soon.

Phew!

Samantha Wachs

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