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  2. History of chocolate - Wikipedia

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    Couverture chocolate was invented by Belgian chocolatier Octaaf Callebaut in 1925. [127] Tempering, the process of cooling and heating chocolate to form a crisp break and glossy appearance, [128] was developed by 1931. [129] In 1936, Nestlé first sold white chocolate. [130] Lecithin began to be added after WWII to improve consistency and ...

  3. Chocolate - Wikipedia

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    Chocolate is perceived to be different things at different times, including a sweet treat, a luxury product, a consumer good and a mood enhancer. [166] Its reputation as a mood enhancer is driven in part by marketing. [167] Chocolate is a popular metaphor for the black racial category, [168] and has connotations of sexuality. [169]

  4. Chocolate bar - Wikipedia

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    There is therefore no precise moment when the first chocolate bar came into existence. Solid chocolate was already consumed in the 18th century. The 19th century saw the emergence of the modern chocolate industry; most manufacturing techniques used today were invented during this period. Dark, milk and white are the main types of chocolate ...

  5. Ancient chocolate factory — built in 600-year-old building ...

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    A large medieval house was built 600 years ago in Barcelona, Spain. By the 19th century, it was a chocolate factory. Now, archaeologists are exploring the remains of the ancient building ...

  6. Milk chocolate - Wikipedia

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    The word chocolate arrived in the English language about 1600, but initially described dark chocolate. The first use of the term "milk chocolate" was for a beverage brought to London from Jamaica in 1687, but it was not until the Swiss inventor Daniel Peter successfully combined cocoa and condensed milk in 1875 that the milk chocolate bar was ...

  7. Cocoa bean - Wikipedia

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    The cocoa bean, also known simply as cocoa (/ ˈ k oʊ. k oʊ /) or cacao (/ k ə ˈ k aʊ /), [1] is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted.

  8. J. S. Fry & Sons - Wikipedia

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    Although chocolate being consumed in solid form was not unheard of, [9] Fry's is considered the first chocolate bar suitable for widespread consumption. [2] [3] [10] Over 220 products were introduced in the following decades, including the UK's first chocolate Easter egg in 1873 and Fry's Turkish Delight (or Fry's Turkish bar) in 1914. [11]

  9. Here's What You Need to Know About Different Types of Chocolate

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    There's milk, white, dark, semisweet, bittersweet chocolate for baking and candy recipes. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...