All about Chocolate

By Siva Kumar

“Life is like a box of chocolates. never know what you’re going to get.”

Overview

(1) Facts (2) History of Chocolate(3) Production of Chocolate(4) Prejudices and Truth(5) Chocolate in everyday life

Facts(1) Facts of Consumption(2) Nutritional Information(3) Difference between white chocolate and

milk chocolate

Facts of ConsumptionChocolate consumption in kilograms per person

and country

Facts of Consumption

Nutritional InformationPer 100 Per 100 grams grams 

Pure Pure chocolatechocolate

Milk Milk chocolatechocolate

White White chocolatechocolate

Protein (g) 4,7 8,4 8

Fat (g) 29,2 30,3 30,9Calories (kcal) 525 529 529

Calcium (mg) 38 220 270

Magnesium (mg) 100 55 26

Difference between white and milk 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

White chocolate • by definition: less than

30% chocolate• Milk-chocolate-

candy=primarily sugar + spices with almost no chocolate

• Milk chocolate12 cocoa beans

• “Real” chocolate99 cocoa beans

Milk chocolate

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: Hernán Cortéz 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 Berlin1875: 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 powderStep 4: plain chocolate

Chocolate

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Prejudices and Truth(1)Table of Prejudices and Truth(2) Advantages of plain, dark chocolate

Table of Prejudices and Truth

Prejudice Reason Truthmigraine large doses of

tyramineonly small quantity

obesity sugar * a lot of sugar# less sugar no correlation

acne no correlation between acne and chocolate proved

tooth decay Tannin counteracts enzyme caries

*lot of tannins# calcium and fluoride fortification

allergy allergy is rare (exception: traces of nuts)

addiction no evidence proved (only delight and desire)

*cheap, mass-produced chocolate # dark chocolate (> 70%)

Advantages of plain, dark chocolate

Supports antioxidant effects

Mood enhancer (aphrodisiac)

Rich of magnesium

Cholesterol free

Prevention of clogged arteries and heart attacks

Raises serotonin and releases endorphins

Prevent women of violent mood, heart disease and hypertension

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, let’s 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 world’s

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 didn’t like. (Deanna Troi in “Star Trek”)

• Simply put … everybody has a price, mine is chocolate! (unknown)