13 facts about chocolate

13 facts about chocolate

1. The English chocolate factory Cadbury in 1842 has let out the first chocolate tile in the world.
2. To chocolate traditionally attribute magic, medical and mystical properties. For example, in Latin of cocoa trees are called as Theobroma Cacao that food of the gods means.
3. Champagne and sparkling wine reckon too acid for the use with dark chocolate. Red wine is combined best of all.
4. The word chocolate comes from literature of civilization of Maya — xocolatl, or bitter water.
5. The people who are in condition of stress consume 55% more chocolate, than their not depressive acquaintances.
6. In 1875 Swiss Daniel Petter has found the way of hashing of concentrated milk used by his friend Henry of Nestle with chocolate, for creation of the first milk chocolate.
7. Researchers have not found any communication between heat-spots and chocolate.
8. According to Aztec legend, god Kettsalkoatl has brought cocoa on the earth, but has been expelled from heavens for the help to people. When it ran away, the white-skinned bearded person for rescue of Earth promised to return one fine day as.
9. The Catholic church once interpreted the use of chocolate on an equal basis with heretical behavior, including blasphemy, extortion, sorcery, seduction.
10. On the first place on consumption of chocolate there is Switzerland, here it is the share on 22 pounds of chocolate a year of each person. Indicators of Australia and Ireland remain at the level of 20 and 19 pounds a year on the person, respectively. In Russia it is 11 pounds (5 kg) on the person.
11. Actually, by production of white chocolate cocoa in firm look is not used, and cocoa oil is added.
12. Cacao beans in the nature is classified on 300 gustatory qualities and 400 aromas.
13. Chocolate has been included in diet of food of soldiers of World War II. According to the confectionery specification, it had to be developed with gustatory qualities a little better, than boiled potatoes that soldiers did not eat it too quickly.

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