• Carighan Maconar
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    18 months ago

    Or we just don’t actually have that many hazelnuts. Or Ferrero just makes some really yummy stuff and hence it’s bought in insane amounts.

    • @SorteKanin@feddit.dk
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      -28 months ago

      If its such a lucrative business for Ferrero, how come there aren’t competitors enough to make it so they can’t hog 25%?

      • Carighan Maconar
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        108 months ago

        80% goes to the EU confectionery industry, according to what I could quickly Google. So 65% go to Ferrero like companies that aren’t Ferrero.

      • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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        78 months ago

        American candy manufacturing mostly uses peanuts and/or almonds instead, so they compete but not for filberts/hazelnuts.

        I will also contend that they’re not that good a nut on their own, they need chocolate to achieve their true destiny.

        • @GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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          48 months ago

          I have to downvote you on the hazelnuts not being very good. They’re one of my favorite nuts, and they look cool!

          • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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            18 months ago

            To me they look like chickpeas wearing windbreakers, and I prefer pecans. But you are welcome to your own preferences, enjoy! I do think hazelnuts are the very best nut with chocolate, even over pecans.