Flours & Starches
Substitutes for Nutella in gelato
Nutella is Ferrero's sweetened chocolate-hazelnut spread, roughly 56% sugar and 31% fat, with cocoa, hazelnuts and milk solids. In gelato it works as a ready-made flavor base or ripple that adds sweetness, fat richness and a spreadable, non-freezing texture. If you're out of nutella or need a different profile, these are the closest functional swaps — ranked by how similar they are on the balancing numbers, with the impact of each swap.
Swap ~1:1, then firmer (PAC -47), +31% fat — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then firmer (PAC -50), -23% fat, -8% solids — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then firmer (PAC -50), -24% fat, -8% solids — adjust to compensate.
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