Raffaello (confection)
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox brand Raffaello is a spherical coconut–almond truffle that Italian manufacturer Ferrero brought to the market in 1990.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It consists of a spherical wafer which is filled with a white milk cream and white blanched almonds. It is then surrounded by a coconut layer. It does contain lactose, making Raffaello incompatible for consumers with lactose intolerance.
Ferrero factories which manufacture Raffaello include Vladimir, Russia;<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Brantford, Canada;<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Arlon, Belgium.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Russia is Ferrero's largest market for Raffaello.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
In 2008, Belgian company Soremartec (part of the Ferrero Group) began legal action against Landrin, a Ukrainian company which began producing a sweet in 2007 similar to Raffaello, called Waferatto. Soremartec filed a claim on the grounds that Landrin had violated Soremartec's trademark protecting the appearance of the Raffaello sweets. After a lengthy court battle, the High Commercial Court of Ukraine ruled in favor of Landrin, cancelling the validity of Soremartec's trademark.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2017, a court in Frankfurt in Germany ruled that Ferrero would have to list the number of Raffaello sweets in each packet sold, rather than simply providing the weight.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>