Can you tell, what is the most popular sweet in the world? The answer is Chocolate. According to World Cocoa Foundation, the total consumption to chocolate around globe is 3 million tons.
What is chocolate?
In Greek Chocolate means ‘fruit of the Gods’. Chocolate grows as a fruit on tree called Theobroma cacao and these trees are found in abundance on banks of Amazon and Orinoco River. There are three types of chocolate exits including Dark, milk and white chocolate.
Here we are listing 17 amazing facts about chocolate you don’t know.
1-There is a Chocolate River
Well it exists. In 1971, a renowned chocolate river was found in Willy Wonka & the chocolate factory and Augustus Gloop almost drowned in it. The film was made 15000 gallons of water mixed with chocolate and cream.
2-Chocolate had been used as money
During Mayan times, Cocoa beans got lot more importance and had worth more than gold dust. Thus cocoa beans were also used as currency.
Moreover, the cultivation of cocoa beans was banned to maintain its value in market.
3-What do you think about White Chocolate? Is it real?
No. it’s not real and you are being tricked for many years. White chocolate is made up of cocoa butter which does not sum up to real chocolate. In order to be real, a chocolate must contain cocoa solids or cocoa liquors.
4-Europe consumes Chocolate most in the world
According to International Cocoa Organization, 60% of total chocolate is consumed in Europe. According to estimation, an average Britain, Swiss or German eats 11 kg of chocolate a year.
5-The chocolate chip cookie was the result of an accident
Yes it was an accident. In 1930, Ruth Wakefield was going out of baker’s chocolate. So she mixed broken pieces of Nestle chocolate into her cookie dough. She was expecting to be the chocolate to be absorbed in her cookie dough to create chocolate cookies. Instead, she accidently created chocolate chip cookies and then sold this idea to Nestle with an agreement of lifetime supply.
6-Chocolate can cause death.
Yes it is true. There is a fact that if you consumes too much chocolate, you can die. Chocolate contains poisonous enzymes called ‘Theo bromine’. Theo bromine extra consumption can cause heart failure, kidney damage or dehydration.
7-Your chocolate contains insects.
According to survey, an average chocolate bar contains nearly eight bugs but this amount considers being safe for consumption purposes.According to United State Food and Drug department, the average amount of FDA presence in food considers to be safe. But if anything goes more than 60 insect pieces per 100g of chocolate then it create problems.
8-Number of Nobel Laureates a country produces depends on its Chocolate consumption
Yup, this is strange. There is a correlation between the amount of chocolate consumption per person and the number of Nobel scholars that country has produced
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— Felix Salmon (@felixsalmon) April 20, 2014
9-Chocolate flavors are three times greater than that of wine.
Chocolate is more famous than wine. Till now, there are 600 different flavors of chocolates available while wine has only 200.
10-Chocolate ‘better than kissing’
Yes, yes it is true. According to a scientific research, chocolate gives more mental highness and heart pounding than kissing does.The research was conducted by Dr David Lewis at the University of Sussex. He said, compounds in chocolate are provide psychoactive effects but allowing it to melt on your tongue and it is a secret to maximize the buzz.
11-Kids on strike
In 1947, thousands of Canadian kids went on strike after increasing in rates of chocolate. According to report, they boycotted chocolate after chocolate bar jumped from 5 to 8 cents.
12-Andes Candies vs. Andy’s Candy’s
Andes Candies was originally created by Andrew Kanelos and he suggested a name for this that was Andy’s Candy’s but soon her realized that men didn’t like to buy his product to their wives or girlfriend with another man’s name on it.
13-Most expensive chocolate
World most expensive chocolate bar is 100-year-old and it is Cadbury’s chocolate. It was discovered by Captain Robert Scott on his first expedition to Antarctic and he sold it in auction for $687 in 2001.
14-Chocolate contains Caffeine
Chocolate contains caffeine drug. Most chocolate bars have 10 milligram of caffeine in it. But darker chocolates have larger amount of Caffeine.
15-Chocolate scent generates more sales
In 2013, a study was found that scent of chocolate in a book store can generate more sales. It presence increase probability up to 40% that a customer is likely to buy cookbooks and romance novels and for books of other genre the probability rise up to 22%.
16-Chocolate has been used for criminal purposes
In 2007, a jewel thief took off $28 million of gems because he got trust of bank guards by repeatedly offering them chocolates. The bank is located in Antwerp, Belgium.
Another study told that in London, 70% of people would reveal their password in exchange of chocolate bar.
17-Statistics about chocolate
Every year on the eve of Valentine’s Day, Americans buy more than 59 million pounds of chocolate and it makes 5% sales of entire year.
The Brussels Airport is the world largest chocolate seller and sells more than 800 tons of chocolate every year.
More than two thirds of the World’s cocoa is grown in Africa and Cote d’lvoire alone produces 33% of it.
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