<P> The traditional Piedmont recipe, Gianduja, was a mixture containing approximately 71.5% hazelnut paste and 19.5% chocolate . It was developed in Piedmont, Italy, due to a lack of cocoa beans after post-war rationing reduced availability of the raw material . </P> <P> Nutella is produced in various facilities . In the North American market, it is produced at a plant in Brantford, Ontario in Canada and more recently in San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico . </P> <P> For Australia and New Zealand, Nutella has been manufactured in Lithgow, New South Wales since the late 1970s . </P> <P> Two of the four Ferrero plants in Italy produce Nutella, in Alba, Piedmont, and in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi in Campania . In France, a production facility is located in Villers - Écalles . For Eastern Europe (including Southeast Europe, Poland, Turkey, Czech Republic and Slovakia) and South Africa, it is produced in Warsaw and Manisa . For Germany and northern Europe, Nutella is produced at the Ferrero plant in Stadtallendorf, which has been in existence since 1956 . </P>

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