Food Review #47 Rigoni di Asiago Nocciolata Organic Hazelnut Spread With Cocoa & Milk

Oh, chocolate, you know that we at All Natural Food Zone are big fans of it. Chocolate and hazelnuts are a delicious and classic pairing; like bread and cheese, or pasta and tomato sauce.

Perhaps this combination is most famous in the form of spread, I love hazelnut chocolate spread. But, I must admit, I used to usually use Nutella.

Or at least until I discovered Rigoni di Asiago Nocciolata.

Rigoni di Asiago USA is a subsidiary of Rigoni di Asiago SPA, a 90 years old Italian company with main offices and factory in Asiago (VI) Italy, market leader in Italy, with the #1 brand Fiordifrutta, in the organic fruit spread market category, containing only 100% organic fruit and with Nocciolata, our hazelnut chocolate spread, similar to Nutella but organic.

To the best of my knowledge, there aren't really any organic chocolate hazelnut spreads on the market. I didn't even know of any; before I discovered Nocciolata.

After I came home from my shopping trip (in which I bought this product), I decided to try Nocciolata.

Some of you might say "George, I have tried Nutella, so I know what this will taste like.", and you'd be wrong. This tastes different, and much better in every way.

The jar is glass, and octagon-shaped. It has a very premium, and expensive feel. It has a gold-colored metal lid, with the company's logo that says "Rigoni di Asiago" in bold red letter, with a red squirrel bellow the text. The label has a white background with a gold border, with an illustration of hazelnuts. There is a security seal with reads in Italian (translated via Google) "seal and store in a cool dry place away from light and heat sources try to buy". The jar weigh 270 grams, or 9.52 ounces.

As soon as you open the jar, you are hit with a sweet, intense smell of hazelnuts and chocolate. This was just a precursor of the taste to come.

Nocciolata has a deep flavor, unlike Nutella. It has a rich, fresh, and intense taste of chocolate and hazelnuts. Though these are the two main flavors, there is also a strong vanilla flavor, that tastes like a good-quality vanilla (not a low quality vanilla, like some brands use). The milk in this spread adds and extra bit of richness, and creaminess. All together, all of these flavors meld together very well. And together they are all a delicious combination.

Some other reviews of Rigoni di Asiago Nocciolata say that it is looser than Nutella, and is like chocolate syrup. I did not experience that, and I think they are very wrong. Perhaps they bought the wrong product? Nocciolata is very thick, and is just as thick as Nutella. You can use it for everything you can use Nutella for.

Another area where Nocciolata excels over Nutella is in the ingredients department. Below are the ingredients of both products:

Nutella Ingredients: SUGAR, PALM OIL, HAZELNUTS, COCOA, SKIM MILK, REDUCED MINERALS WHEY (MILK), LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIER (SOY), VANILLIN: AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.

Rigoni di Asiago Nocciolata Ingredients: Organic cane sugar, organic hazelnut paste, organic sunflower oil, organic skim milk powder, organic cocoa powder, organic cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, organic vanilla extract

As you can see, both products have entirely different ingredients, but in my view at least, Nocciolata has much more high quality ingredients than Nutella. Another point I should make is that while Nutella is made in Canada, Nocciolata is organic and is made in Italy, the birthplace of chocolate hazelnut spread.

Nocciolata is delicious, and is better than Nutella in my view. It is good on toast, sandwiches, panini, milkshakes, cookies, pancakes, waffles, muffins, cupcakes, cake, bread, ice cream, and more, as well as on it's own. This product is truly, delicious, and is high-quality and organic.

I had never tried a Rigoni di Asiago product before Nocciolata, and I wasn't sure how Nocciolata would be. But, it surpassed my expectations, and knocked my socks off! If Nocciolata was this good, I wonder how other Rigoni di Asiago products will be, and I greatly look forward to reviewing their other products.

Overall, Food Review #47 Rigoni di Asiago Nocciolata Organic Hazelnut Spread With Cocoa & Milk gets a 10 out of 10! I highly recommend this delicious, organic, high-quality chocolate hazelnut spread. It is available at Zabar's, Citarella, Kings Supermarkets, Wegman's, Di Bruno Brothers, and other store across the US. And is also available across Europe. And on Amazon here.

Nocciolata is the Nutella-killer. And once you try it; you'll never want Nutella again.

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