Hashachar Ha'ole

The name Hashachar Ha'ole translates to "The Rising Dawn" or alternatively "The Bright Morning" in Hebrew, in reference to it mainly being used in the morning and spread on something such as on toast, pita, or bread such as challah, or malawach for breakfast.{{cite web |title=Israeli riff on Nutella falls short |url=https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/64568/israeli-riff-on-nutella-falls-short/ |website=Chowhound |accessdate=15 March 2020}}{{cite web |title=A story of Hashachar Ha'ole |url=https://savyatseventy.wordpress.com/tag/the-story-of-hashachar-haole/ |website=Savy at 70 |accessdate=15 March 2020}}

In 1948, 5 brothers, who were all members of the Weidberg family, started a small factory manufacturing chocolate and other confectionery products including their eponymous chocolate spread, in 1948 outside the city of Haifa. In 1950 Levkowich family joined the company. Seeing a need for a new product in the Israeli market, Hashachar Ha’ole stopped producing their other products to exclusively focus the production of its chocolate spread in 1955,{{cite news |last1=Elkin |first1=Michael |title=Holy Candyland: The Land of Milk and Honey and … Sweets |url=https://www.jewishexponent.com/2013/02/14/holy-candyland-the-land-of-milk-and-honey-and-sweets/ |accessdate=15 March 2020 |agency=Jewish Exponent}} which was 9 years before the similar Italian product Nutella was launched in 1964; possibly making Hashachar the world's first chocolate spread.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27438001|title=Nutella: How the world went nuts for a hazelnut spread|last=Mitzman|first=Dany|work=BBC News Magazine|date=17 May 2014|accessdate=18 May 2014}}

Hashachar Ha'ole has become one of Israel’s best-known foods. It is even called the most successful chocolate spread in Israel and has become a symbol of Israeli cuisine.

There are two different versions of it: halavi (dairy) and parve (non-dairy). This is because Jewish law prohibits mixing milk with meat-based foods, thus the parve version allows kosher-observers to include the spread in dessert after a meat-based meal. For many years, Hashachar Ha'Ole was the only chocolate cream available on the Israeli market. Nowadays you can also find brands like Elite and Nutella. Until the 2010s Hashachar had never been advertised in the mass media. Its original logo has been retained and remained the same since its launch in 1948.{{cite news |title=Hebrew article in Ynet about Hashahar |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3405052,00.html |accessdate=15 March 2020 |agency=Ynet}}

Hashachar Ha'ole is available in a number of flavor including milk chocolate, pareve chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, nougat, halva, chocolate halva, and milk chocolate mixed with tehina among others. It is sold in tubs, individual cups, and tubes. It is also available as a chocolate bar.{{cite news |last1=Jaffee |first1=Gabriella |title=Experience one of Israel's sweet sides |url=http://www.jewishaz.com/specialsections/experience-one-of-israel-s-sweet-sides/article_1d439356-7bab-11e2-aa15-001a4bcf6878.html |accessdate=16 March 2020 |agency=Jewish News of Arizona}}{{cite web |title=Our Products |url=http://has.co.il/m/index.m.php |website=Hashachar Ha'ole |accessdate=16 March 2020}}

• Babka
• Cow Chocolate
• Krembo
• Klik
• Nutella

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• [http://has.co.il Official Website (in Hebrew)]

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Category:Chocolate

Category:Condiments

Category:Israeli confectionery