How Do You Pronounce 'Nutella'?

Nutella.

I couldn’t get enough when I was a kid. Whether it was slathered on a piece of toast, melted in the sandwich maker or simply eaten straight out of the jar with a spoon, Nutella was my favourite thing to eat when I was younger.

So much so that my mum would buy one jar for my brother and one jar for me, and then labelled them to avoid the inevitable “he/she had more than me” argument.

Now just a disclaimer – this happened only very occasionally. Usually in school holidays after mum had listened to 10 weeks of begging for the scrumptious spread.

And to this day I have pronounced ‘Nutella’ like most other Aussies – when I’m reading my shopping list, in my head it’s NA-TELL-AH.

But it seems I’ve been wrong all along.

According to the Nutella website, the delicious hazelnut and cocoa spread is pronounced NEW-TELL-UH.

Yep that’s right – “New-tell-uh”.

Mind blown? So was mine!

In the spirit of this revelation, here are some of the best NEW-TELL-AH recipes that you won’t regret whipping up:

4-INGREDIENT NUTELLA BROWNIE BITES

NUTELLA MINI CROISSANTS

NUTELLA POPSICLES

Do your kids LOVE Nutella? Tell us how they like to eat it in the comments below.

62 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 08 Feb 2024
    1:42 pm
Ive always called it NUT ella.

- - RonnieDe said
  - 14 Mar 2021
    5:02 pm
I’ve been saying it wrong all this time 🙁

- - BellaB said
  - 02 Mar 2021
    12:04 am
It’s good in desserts though I’m not really a huge fan.

- - snazzy007 said
  - 28 Feb 2021
    7:45 pm
Some of them very delicious, I wish Nutella didn’t use palm oil and switched

- - ElAtko said
  - 27 Feb 2021
    11:12 pm
My kids love Nutella (newtellah), my daughter is usually found hiding with it, with a spoon eating the whole jar contents away.

- - shanika said
  - 13 Feb 2021
    8:02 am
My kids favourite spread is the Nutella. They mainly eat it with slice of bread toast.

- - tessie said
  - 10 Feb 2021
    4:00 pm
If they wanted it pronounced as New-tella then that’s how it should be spelt. I’ve only ever heard it called Nu-tella.

- - rovermum said
  - 08 Feb 2021
    9:59 am
I don’t know of anybody that pronounces it that way!!

- - mom307488 said
  - 07 Feb 2021
    8:39 pm
My DD has on just about anything. From croissants to pancakes to rice cakes, vita weats, toast , warmed and drizzled on icecream..

- - mom160421 said
  - 07 Feb 2021
    7:53 pm
It’s delicious no matter how we pronounce it.

- - Mom466555 said
  - 07 Feb 2021
    3:33 pm
I get where they are coming from, but does it matter

- - Ellen said
  - 07 Feb 2021
    4:16 am
Is it so important how it’s pronounced ?

- - Amanda Holland said
  - 06 Feb 2021
    6:44 pm
That doesn’t sound right at all lol

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 06 Feb 2021
    7:18 am
Whaaaat that doesn’t make any sense! It should be nut-tell-ah it has nuts in it?

- - Mrs.twinmama said
  - 05 Feb 2021
    11:53 pm
Ok that sounds unusual hahaha

- - Frankiielot said
  - 05 Feb 2021
    11:33 pm
Still gonna pronounce it NUT-tella ahahaha
It just doesn’t sound right saying newtella!!!

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 05 Feb 2021
    8:27 pm
Nothing beats Nutella. Just perfection in a jar

- - BellaB said
  - 05 Feb 2021
    3:19 pm
We’re not enormous fans, to be honest.
- Ellen replied
  
  07 Feb 2021 , 4:07 am
  No, we aren’t either. Don’t understand where the fuss is about
- - ashna9 said
  - 05 Feb 2021
    2:59 pm
Nuh-tell-uh for me 🙂

- - mom462038 said
  - 05 Feb 2021
    10:36 am
Newtellah…..not in my books. Aussie way all the way oi oo oi