On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 12:36:54 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 9:41:09 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Mar 2019 04:23:50 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> >Ophelia wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Gary" wrote in message ...
>> >>
>> >> jmcquown wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > The idea of Nutella
>> >> > never attracted me because I can't imagine spreading jarred chocolate on
>> >> > anything.
>> >>
>> >> I agree. And the commercials I saw showed "Mom" serving it to her
>> >> young children for breakfast (Nutella spread on toast) before
>> >> leaving for school. wow and yikes!
>> >>
>> >> ==
>> >>
>> >> I have never eaten Nutella so I have no idea what it tastes like, but why do
>> >> you make it sound so poisonous?
>> >>
>> >> Surely it is not or it wouldn't be on sale?
>> >
>> >Not poisonous. Just doesn't sound like a very healthy breakfast
>> >for children (or adults). Toast with a chocolate spread?
>>
>> Nutella is mostly a nut butter, contains some small amount of
>> chocolate... just like goober is mostly peanut butter that contains
>> some small amount of concord grape jelly. We don't like peanut
>> butter, instead we have almond butter.
>
>Technically, you could call it a "nut butter" - it has some nuts in it and you can spread it on stuff. OTOH, what kind of nut butter is mostly sugar? Nutella in the US is nearly 60% sugar. My guess is that European Nutella has somewhat less sugar.

You're right: 50% sugar in Dutch Nutella. See the pictu
<https://www.cosmopolitan.com/nl/health-en-body/news/a156505/ingredienten-in-nutella-dit-zit-er-echt-allemaal-in/>