All about Chocolate
Life is like a box of chocolates. never know what youre going to get. By Siva Kumar
Overview
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Facts History of Chocolate Production of Chocolate Prejudices and Truth Chocolate in everyday life
Facts
(1) Facts of Consumption (2) Nutritional Information (3) Difference between white chocolate and milk chocolate
Facts of Consumption
Chocolate consumption in kilograms per person and country
Facts of Consumption
Nutritional Information
Per 100 grams Protein (g) Pure chocolate 4,7 Milk chocolate 8,4 White chocolate 8
Fat (g)
Calories (kcal) Calcium (mg) Magnesium (mg)
29,2
525 38 100
30,3
529 220 55
30,9
529 270 26
Difference between white and milk chocolate
White chocolate
Two kinds of white chocolate not chocolate. "Real" white chocolate = candy bark Allergic to cocoa contains no cocoa. Ingrediens (primarily): cocoa butter, sugar, milk and vanilla, without any cocoa flavoring
Milk chocolate
by definition: less than 30% chocolate Milk-chocolatecandy=primarily sugar + spices with almost no chocolate Milk chocolate 12 cocoa beans Real chocolate 99 cocoa beans
Strictly speaking: chocolate is any product based 99% on cocoa solid and/or cacao fat
History of Chocolate
(1) Where does Cocoa come from? (2) Chocolate in Europe Some Dates
Where does Cocoa come from?
First people who made chocolate were the Mayas and the Aztecs They drank chocolate as a bitter and spicy beverage called xocoatl (bitter water) Chocolate played an important role in their social and religious life It symbolized life and fertility and was also used as medicine It was a drink for wealthy and important people (royalty, priests, etc.) Cocoa beans were also used as money
Chocolate in Europe - Some Dates
1528: Hernn Cortz returned to Spain with cocoa beans and the formula for the chocolate drink 1615: The Spanish princess Anne of Austria married Luis XIII of France, so chocolate came to France 1657: A Frenchman opened the first Chocolate House in London became as popular as Coffee Houses
Chocolate in Europe - Some Dates
1674: The first solid chocolate in a stick form had been sold End of 17th century: chocolate came to Germany first pralines were made by a German cook a tax was imposed by Frederick I of Prussia 1792: A chocolate factory was opened in Berlin 1875: The first milk chocolate was put on the market
Cocoa growing countries
Cocoa Beans - The Raw Material
Flow Diagram of Chocolate Production
Step 1: cocoa beans
Cocoa Beans - Roasting
Flow Diagram of Chocolate Production
Step 1: cocoa beans
Step 2: shell and nibs
Nibs, Shell and Liquor
Flow Diagram of Chocolate Production
Step 1: cocoa beans
Step 2: shell and nibs
Step 3: cocoa powder
Cocoa Powder
Flow Diagram of Chocolate Production
Step 1: cocoa beans
Step 2: shell and nibs
Step 3: cocoa powder
Step 4: plain chocolate
Chocolate
Prejudices and Truth
(1) Table of Prejudices and Truth (2) Advantages of plain, dark chocolate
Table of Prejudices and Truth
Prejudice migraine obesity Reason large doses of tyramine sugar Truth only small quantity * a lot of sugar # less sugar no correlation *lot of tannins # calcium and fluoride fortification
acne tooth decay
no correlation between acne and chocolate proved Tannin counteracts enzyme caries
allergy addiction
allergy is rare (exception: traces of nuts) no evidence proved (only delight and desire)
# dark chocolate (> 70%)
*cheap, mass-produced chocolate
Advantages of plain, dark chocolate
Supports antioxidant effects Mood enhancer (aphrodisiac) Prevention of clogged arteries and heart attacks Raises serotonin and releases endorphins Prevent women of violent mood, heart disease and hypertension
Rich of magnesium
Cholesterol free
Cholesterol furs up arteries
Chocolate in everyday life
(1) Quotations about Chocolate
Quotations about Chocolate
There is nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with chocolate. (Linda Grayson, The Pickwick Papers) It is not that chocolates are a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate. Chocolate is, lets face it, far more reliable than a man. (Miranda Ingram)
Man cannot live on chocolate alone; but woman sure can. (unknown)
This guy found a bottle on the ocean, and he opened it and out popped a genie, and he gave him three wishes. The guy wished a million dollars and
poof! there was a million dollars. Then he wished for a convertible, and
poof! there was a convertible. And then, he wished he could be irresistible to all women poof! He turned into a box of chocolates. (unknown)
Quotations about Chocolate
Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the worlds perfect food. (Michael Levine, nutrition researcher) I have this theory that chocolate slows down the aging
process.
It may not be true, but do I dare take the chance? (unknown)
I never met a chocolate I didnt like. (Deanna Troi in Star
Trek) Simply put everybody has a price, mine is chocolate!
