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Is Ferrero Nutella low FODMAP?
FODMAP score
42
Moderate
One tablespoon, generally yes — the full two-tablespoon serving is more of a maybe, because the milk powders are where Nutella's FODMAP load lives. The US jar lists sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk, whey (milk), soy lecithin, and vanillin. Skim milk powder and whey are both lactose carriers, and they're the deciding ingredients: at the 37 g label serving they contribute a modest but real lactose dose, which halves neatly if you stop at one tablespoon. The rest of the jar is quieter than its reputation suggests. The sugar here is plain sucrose — glucose-balanced, not an excess-fructose sweetener. Hazelnuts sit around 13% of the recipe, well under the small-handful level where they'd start to matter, and the cocoa at spread doses is likewise low-load. Palm oil, lecithin, and vanillin are FODMAP-free. The real-world issue is stacking: Nutella usually rides on wheat toast next to a latte, and in that meal the spread may be the smallest FODMAP contributor on the plate. Spread a tablespoon on rice cakes or a firm banana and it stays comfortably mid-low; if lactose is your known sore spot, a dairy-free hazelnut-cocoa spread is the cleaner pick.
What's inside
📏 Two tablespoons (37 g) is the label serving; one tablespoon halves the lactose, and what you spread it on — wheat toast vs rice cakes — usually moves the meal more than the spread itself.
Gentler alternatives
↳Justin's Chocolate Hazelnut & Almond Butter — Hazelnut-cocoa spread made without milk ingredients.
↳Natural peanut butter — Low-FODMAP spread staple for the same toast duty.
↳85% dark chocolate — Cocoa fix with minimal milk solids, easily portioned by the square.
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