From The Washington Post:
‘How dare they’: Nutella changes recipe, sending its fans to the edge
Not many foods inspire a fandom quite like Nutella.
McDonald’s restaurants in Italy serve it on hamburger buns. Lifestyle websites cheekily offer lists of “signs you’re addicted to Nutella.” And at least one German soccer team dropped a player who couldn’t stop eating it.
Yes, a legion of snackers live for the hazelnut spread. And they’re not happy.
Nutella confirmed on its Twitter feed Wednesday that the recipe “underwent a fine-tuning” after Germany’s Hamburg Consumer Protection Center said on Facebook that it appeared the recipe had changed.
That set off both panic and anger on social media in a symphony of languages — English, German and Italian chief among them.
“Real cool,” wrote one user, adding, “why not draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa too?”
There are some things in life that you simply do not mess with. Anyone remember the New Coke debacle
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