THE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE Many people believe that chocolate originally came from Europe. However‚ chocolate‚ called the “food of the gods‚” was first made in the Americas. The first chocolate was very different from contemporary chocolate. Wild chocolate trees can grow easily in the humid Amazon rainforest. Clusters of flowers growing on these trees turn to seeds. About 20 to 60 cacao beans can be found in the seeds. Cacao beans are the ingredient needed to create sweet‚ soothing
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Trends Chocolate confectionery is expected to register positive growth during 2012 due to rising consumption‚ which are in turn derived from rising living standards. Chocolate confectionery remains very popular in Kazakhstan and it is considered to be a very tasty delicacy in spite of the widespread knowledge that excessive consumption of chocolate confectionery is potentially harmful. Chocolate is more often than not purchased in impulse in Kazakhstan. Chocolate confectionery is expected to increase
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Attention Getter: Credibility: Eating chocolate is one of my favorite past times. Just sitting anywhere and eating M&M’s makes my life more enjoyable and I believe that it can have the same effect for everyone else. Thesis: Chocolate offers to the world physical and emotional benefits‚ as long as moderation is observed. Transition: Eating chocolate benefits your health‚ it has flavones‚ and it helps people emotionally 1. Chocolate has health benefits. A. Antioxidant 1. Cleveland
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Harvesting Cacao is Hard Work We tend to think of chocolate making as an assembly-line process. Most people picture automated presses plopping out candies onto conveyor belts at speeds unmatched by humans. But before cacao reaches the machinery of a chocolate factory‚ it must first pass through the hands of a farmer. Making chocolate takes years of manual labor. Like most agricultural crops‚ cacao must be closely monitored by farmers. They regularly walk their fields and check for pests‚
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The Chocolate War: To Ban or To Not Be Banned In Robert Cormier’s The Chocolate War‚ the story itself may be considered a little controversial. Although the storyline is interesting and many people had their eyes glued to the page‚ others believe that some parts in the book are too controversial that it should be banned in schools. I personally believe that even though The Chocolate War was an interesting book to read‚ it should be banned from schools. While reading The Chocolate War‚ I noticed
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The Chocolate War Why would a person decide to betray the beliefs they had fought so hard for? In Robert Cormiers novel The Chocolate War‚ the character of Jerry Renault changes drastically from a rebel to a follower in the end. The school gang known as the vigils and his moral beliefs motivates Jerry’s actions. He feels he must take a stand against evil. Jerry can be considered a hero because of his beliefs. In the end however he gives in to the things he fought against and becomes a follower
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artist‚ started Cowgirl Chocolates to provide some funding support for a yearly published arts magazine‚ High Ground‚ which she and her husband‚ Ross Coates‚ started in 1995. Her love of chocolates and hot and spicy foods spurred the idea of making hot and spicy chocolates to be sold in creative‚ artistic tins and packaging‚ which she labeled Cowgirl Chocolates. Her small business‚ begun in 1997‚ won a number of awards in fiery food competitions. While Cowgirl Chocolates grew steadily over its four
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White Chocolate The history of white chocolate The first chocolate bar was invented in 1847 by the Fry Brothers in Bristol‚ England. White chocolate first appeared in Switzerland in the 1930’s. It was invented by Nestle to use excess cocoa butter. The first bar’s name was called Galak. A year later in the USA‚ white chocolate was first made by the M&M Candy Company. In‚ 1948 introduced by Nestle was the Alpine White chocolate bar containing white chocolate and chopped almonds. In 1993
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overall chocolate market in Canada was finding itself in a slow-growth environment with only 2% annual growth projections after 2006 and the industry as a whole had been experiencing a decline in growth. The chocolate market has two distinguished sectors – lower quality‚ more affordable mainstream chocolate and premium‚ higher cost chocolate. The lower quality sector was performing poorly‚ whereas the premium sector was experiencing growth around 20% per year‚ leading traditional companies into the
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Beryl’s Chocolate and Confectionery Sdn Bhd was established in 1995 with the mission to produce premium quality chocolate and fine confectionery delicacies. Quality‚ innovation and good services are Beryl’s priorities and commitments to consumers. Beryl’s chocolate use only the finest ingredients and materials to produce our products‚ starting with the selection of cocoa beans and ending with good quality packaging materials. Beryl’s company believed that it is the quality of the cocoa beans which
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