• SorteKanin@feddit.dk
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    8 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%?

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      8 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.

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      8 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.

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        8 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!

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          8 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.