We all love chocolate, right?!
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1 It takes about 400 cocoa beans to make just a pound of choc...
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2 White chocolate isn't actually chocolate!
White chocolate doesn't contain chocolate liquor or cocoa solids, so it's not technically chocolate. (This writer still loves it though!)
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3 It's been used as currency!
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4 Almost half the world's chocolate consumption is done by Europeans
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5 Chocolate actually relaxes you!
Apparently the smell of chocolate increases relaxation-triggering theta brain waves... Who knew?!
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6 The tree that chocolate comes from is called 'Food of the Gods'
The cacao tree's scientific name is 'Theobroma cacao' which translates to 'cacao, food of the Gods'!
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7 Chocolate is sophisticated...
Compared to red wine which has about 200 flavour compounds, chocolate contains over 600 - giving off a distinct aroma. Yum!
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8 You are one smart cookie...
Ruth Wakefield, creator of the chocolate chip cookie, sold her recipe to Nestle. Instead of money, Ruth wanted a lifetime supply of chocolate. Understandable.
Here’s another – there is a correlation between a country’s chocolate consumption and the number of Nobel prizes won! https://www.businessinsider.com/chocolate-consumption-vs-nobel-prizes-2014-4
Ooh! *eats more choc*
…easy tiger, they have left out the countries with the top 3 Nobel laureates per capita: Faroe Islands, St Lucia and Luxembourg.
Yum!
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And if you want to know how to identify truly great chocolate https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/food-drink
Thanks Matthew, will check it out!
Cocoa butter (oil of theobroma) melts at just below body temperature which is why chocolate has that ‘melt in the mouth’ character. It also made it ideal as a base for suppositories
Peter, this is the most valuable information I have ever seen!
You never fail to surprise me with just how much you know Peter! 😊
I am pretty sure that I add an unhealthy amount to the average consumption of chocolate by Brits