TIMELINE FOR HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE In 1500BC – 400 BC‚ the Olmec Indians are believed to be the first to grow cocoa beans as a domestic crop. Cacao trees have grown wild for possibly 10‚000 years. The Olmec civilization only lasted until about 300 B.C. In the 14th Century‚ cocoa became a drink that was popular for the upper class of the Aztecs; they called it “xocalati” meaning warm or bitter liquid. They were the first to tax the beans. In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus was said to have brought back
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Mass-Market Chocolate Industry This report evaluates the marketing strategies that are common in the UK mass market chocolate industry by focusing on four brands: Cadbury‚ Galaxy‚ Kit Kat and Maltesers EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is an evaluation of the marketing strategies used in the mass-market chocolate confection industry in the United Kingdom (UK). The four brands this report studies in detail are Cadbury‚ Galaxy‚ Kit Kat‚ and Maltesers. The UK mass-marker chocolate confectionary
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Chocolate Table of Contents Introductions……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………page 1 Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….page 2 Why is chocolate the most popular sweet? …………………………………………………………………….page 3 How is dark chocolate different from milk chocolate? …………………………………………………….page 3 How are cocoa beans grown? ………………………………………………………………………………………….page 4 How was discovered? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………page 4 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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CHOCOLATE! Just that word makes most people mouth water. It is a delectable substance that can be made into flakes that melts in your mouth‚ or into delicious candy bar with nuts and marshmallow‚ or a plain old bar of chocolate. All contributes to the mild addiction some people feel towards chocolate. Today we are going to talk about this topic because
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A Little of History Chocolate is typically sweetened food produced from the seed of tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Although cacao has been cultivated by many cultures for at least three millennia in Maxico and Central America‚ its earliest documented use is by the Olmecs of south central Mexico around 1100 BC. In fact‚ the majority of Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages‚ including the Mayans and Aztecs. The seed of cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop
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ESSAY BUY CHOCOLATE ONLINE? TRY GODIVA.COM THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY The demand for high-quality chocolate has been increasing rapidly since the early 1990s. Several local and global companies are competing in this market. Godiva Chocolatier is well known international company based in New York whose stores can be found in hundreds of malls worldwide. The company was looking for ways to increase its sales‚ and after rejecting the use of a CD-ROM catalog‚ it had the courage to try online sales
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Why We Should Not Underestimate the Power of Chocolate Do you like chocolate? How many times do you eat chocolates in a day? Some people like to eat chocolates‚ some are even obsessed with them. Some people don’t like chocolates because those people think that they will make them fat. Some people just don’t like chocolates‚ without any clear reason. I believe that chocolate has many benefits which we can’t underestimate. Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical
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Chocolate. Just that word makes most peoples’ mouth water. It is a delectable substance that can be made into flakes that melt on your tongue‚ or into a delicious candy bar with nuts and marshmallow‚ or even just a plain old bar of straight chocolate. All contribute to the mild cravings some people feel towards chocolate. I chose this topic because chocolate is one of my favorite desserts and it has a rich history that very few people know. Chocolate has to start somewhere‚ besides a factory. Chocolate
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Isaac J Garcia 23 Sept 2013 Essay 2 Eng. 095 Subject - Milk Chocolate or Dark Chocolate Type - objective essay Role -facts Audience – everyone Purpose – to inform In this objective essay I will compare milk chocolate with dark chocolate. First there was chocolate‚ from milk to dark but which one would be favored. Many people would say milk chocolate and then some would say dark chocolate. For many reasons this could be pretty much up in the air. If you asked
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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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