Fun facts about chocolate
There are so many strange and wonderful fun facts about chocolate that it's hard to know which ones to include and which to omit for reasons of space.
First, the Mayas used the cocoa bean as currency because they thought it was worth more than gold dust. They controlled the production of beans so that their currency would not depreciate.
White chocolate is not strictly speaking chocolate. We have been working in a bad understanding for many years. The chocolate must contain cocoa solids, but the white chocolate does not contain any. Instead, cocoa butter is used in the production of white chocolate.
Europeans are the biggest chocolate fans, accounting for nearly half of the world's chocolate production.
Where was the biggest bar of chocolate produced? UK; it was manufactured by Thornton for its centenary. It was a record, weighing 5,792.50 kg.
Toblerone is so popular that if the number of bars sold each year were to be put end to end, it would reach 62,000 km. It's more than the circumference of the Earth.
Chocolate contains theobromine, a very powerful stimulant. If you eat too much, it can be fatal. However, you should eat about 22 pounds of this stuff in one sitting, which is not really possible. Theobromine intoxication causes convulsions, heart failure, dehydration and acute kidney damage.
The chocolate chip cookies, loved by many people around the world, were born following an accident in 1930. Ruth Wakefield ran out of chocolate for cooking, but without being discouraged, she used pieces of chocolate in his cookie dough. The chocolate she used was Nestles and she later sold her recipe to the firm in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
A pound of chocolate contains 400 cocoa beans and a cocoa tree will produce about 2,500 beans. The beans are the seeds of the cacao tree. These trees are delicate and cocoa farmers lose about 30% of their harvest each year.
Most of the world's cocoa comes from West Africa, with Côte d'Ivoire accounting for about 40% of the world's supply of cocoa.
Older people fermented pods of cocoa beans to make beverages other than chocolate.
Montezuma, the Aztec emperor drank 50 cups of chocolate a day. These were served to him in a golden chalice.
Every November in Germany, people celebrate St. Martin with sweets and cups of steamed hot chocolate.
How many of these fun facts do you already know? Comments are welcome.
First, the Mayas used the cocoa bean as currency because they thought it was worth more than gold dust. They controlled the production of beans so that their currency would not depreciate.
White chocolate is not strictly speaking chocolate. We have been working in a bad understanding for many years. The chocolate must contain cocoa solids, but the white chocolate does not contain any. Instead, cocoa butter is used in the production of white chocolate.
Europeans are the biggest chocolate fans, accounting for nearly half of the world's chocolate production.
Where was the biggest bar of chocolate produced? UK; it was manufactured by Thornton for its centenary. It was a record, weighing 5,792.50 kg.
Toblerone is so popular that if the number of bars sold each year were to be put end to end, it would reach 62,000 km. It's more than the circumference of the Earth.
Chocolate contains theobromine, a very powerful stimulant. If you eat too much, it can be fatal. However, you should eat about 22 pounds of this stuff in one sitting, which is not really possible. Theobromine intoxication causes convulsions, heart failure, dehydration and acute kidney damage.
The chocolate chip cookies, loved by many people around the world, were born following an accident in 1930. Ruth Wakefield ran out of chocolate for cooking, but without being discouraged, she used pieces of chocolate in his cookie dough. The chocolate she used was Nestles and she later sold her recipe to the firm in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
A pound of chocolate contains 400 cocoa beans and a cocoa tree will produce about 2,500 beans. The beans are the seeds of the cacao tree. These trees are delicate and cocoa farmers lose about 30% of their harvest each year.
Most of the world's cocoa comes from West Africa, with Côte d'Ivoire accounting for about 40% of the world's supply of cocoa.
Older people fermented pods of cocoa beans to make beverages other than chocolate.
Montezuma, the Aztec emperor drank 50 cups of chocolate a day. These were served to him in a golden chalice.
Every November in Germany, people celebrate St. Martin with sweets and cups of steamed hot chocolate.
How many of these fun facts do you already know? Comments are welcome.
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