Italy's Salvini boycotts Nutella for using 'Turkish hazelnuts'

[TomSea]

Italy's Salvini boycotts Nutella for using 'Turkish hazelnuts'
The New Arab

Italy's ultranationalist party leader revealed to rally-goers he no longer ate Nutella because its key ingredient was being imported from Turkey, prompting puzzlement and ridicule from fellow Italians.

The leader of Italy's far-right party has declared he will no longer eat nutella after discovering the nuts that go into the well-known spread are imported from Turkey.

Matteo Salvini, who leads the ultranationalist Northern League party, told supporters at a rally on Thursday that Nutella manufacturer Ferrero should use Italian hazelnuts instead of those grown in Turkey.

Read more at: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/12/7/italys-salvini-boycotts-nutella-for-using-turkish-hazelnuts

I wonder how long it's been like that.

[thackney]

The hazelnuts used in Nutellahttps://www.nutella.com/int/en/hazelnuts-nutella grow mainly on the Mediterranean coast, primarily in the Black Sea region of Turkey, but also in Italy, especially in Piedmont, Lazio and Campania regions. The harvest in Turkey and Italy usually takes place between the beginning of August and the end of September.  We buy only whole fresh hazelnuts from the last available crop.

https://www.nutella.com/int/en/hazelnuts-nutella