The creator of the chocolate pasta Nutella died: what is known about him

18 February 2025, 05:18 | The Company 
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In Italy at the age of 97, chemist Francesco Rivel, who is called the " This happened on February 14, on Valentine's Day; On the 17th he was buried in the municipality of Barbaresko.

As reports The Sun, Rivela was from Barbaresko. He began his work in Ferrero at the age of 25 in 1952, immediately after graduating from the Faculty of Chemistry of Turin, even before Ferrero turned into a well-known and large-scale transnational corporation.

Thanks to the work of the Italian, a popular chocolate-speaker paste, one of the most iconic creations of the brand, appeared around the world.

Rivella was part of the group responsible for the study of raw materials to develop new products. In addition, he proposed the name of the pasta (initially Nutella was produced under the name Supercrema).

During his long 40-year career, Rivella became a senior manager in a giant company, working with the right hand of businessman Michele Ferrero.

Jiji Padovani journalist in Mondo Nutella said that Rivella and Ferrero traveled around the world to buy sweets "

Returning to retire, Rivela lived in Alba, where he devoted himself to growing fruit. The chemist remained three sons of Paolo, Sandro, Enriko, daughter Chiara and seven grandchildren.

По материалам: thesun.co.uk