The first glass jar of the cocoa hazelnut spread by the confectionary manufacturer Ferrero left the factory in Alba on this day in 1964 and marketed throughout the continent became almost an instant international success, having reformulated the recipe several times prior to commercial release, originally a solid block composed of the region’s famous filbert (nocciola) harvest before pitched as a paste, initially twenty percent chocolate and seventy percent hazelnut butter but now the remainder of palm oil and sugar has taken over—to the grave consternation of purists along with other tweaks to the ingredients.
synchronoptica
one year ago: a failed rocket launch plus tiny voxel shops
two years ago: Germany’s Congress for Internal Medicine, a tribute to Freddy Mercury (1992), an un-redaction challenge plus ratings for everything
three years ago: your daily demon: Amon, rope-making, superlative toponymy plus assorted links worth revisiting
four years ago: spot the difference games from museum collections plus Dutch curses
five years ago: the Columbine High School Massacre (1999)
