
Chocolate is awesome.
Here are fourteen facts about chocolate because we love it so much:
- The word ‘chocolate’ comes from the original chocolate beverages drunk by the Aztecs.
- It takes approximately 889 cacao beans to make 1kg of chocolate.
- The world’s largest chocolate bar weighed a whopping 5,792kg and was made by Thorntons to celebrate its 100th
- Cocoa and dark chocolate contains more anti-oxidants than blueberries and acai berries.
- The idea for chocolate chip cookies was sold to Nestle in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
- Both dogs and cats will become ill and possibly die from eating chocolate.
- Nutella was invented by an Italian pastry maker who substituted hazelnuts for cocoa during the food shortages following World War II.
- A lethal dose of chocolate for an adult human is 10kg.
- “Chocolate beats kissing hands down when it comes to providing a long-lasting body and brain buzz” according to Dr David Lewis of MindLab.
- In the 2008-2009, the world production of cocoa was 3,515,000 tonnes.
- 100g of dark chocolate (70-85%) contains 11g of fibre.
- Chocolate has over 600 flavour compounds compared to red wine which only has 200.
- The scientific name for the tree that chocolate comes from means ‘food of the gods’.
- Brussels Airport sells more than 800 tonnes of chocolate every year, making it the biggest vendor of chocolate in the world.
Article by Nicola Hasted
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