Nutella is a great foodstuff. It’s near-liquid chocolate that can be eaten with a spoon, spread on bread, or used on pancakes or in baking. It’s also made with some nuts, so we can pretend - much like its advertising - that it’s vaguely healthy somehow.

Ferrero, maker of Nutella, has offered to buy British chocolate firm Thorntons for £112m (€155m), marking a rare acquisition by the Italian group.

The world’s richest confectionery maker Michele Ferrero, famed for Nutella, died on Valentine’s Day. The 89-year-old, who had been ill for several months, died yesterday in Monte Carlo where he lived, surrounded by his family, his company said in a statement.

The world’s richest confectionery maker Michele Ferrero, famed for Nutella and Ferrero Rocher chocolates, died on Valentine’s Day.