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COUVERTURE CHOCOLATE   Chocolate manufactures and skilled bakers utilize a particular type of chocolate called Couverture . With a high cocoa butter concentration, this chocolate is richer and creamier than regular bar or eating chocolate, making it perfect for molding, coating and dipping. The majority of the world's couverture chocolate is produced by less than 100 companies around the world. Some of these companies solely make couverture for their own private lines, while others sell to chocolatiers that don't have the facilities or know-how to make it in-house. There are a few qualities that set couverture chocolate apart. The first is the level of excellence. Chocolate scouts travel the globe for the greatest cocoa beans, while experts labour to develop the right bean blend to assure a very specific flavor profile. Smaller chocolate firms search out rare and interesting crops to make their chocolate unique, while larger chocolate companies like Hershey and Mars invest heav...

  HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE  Chocolate is a delicacy derived from cocoa beans that is eaten as candy and used to flavor and coat various confections and bakery products. It's high in carbohydrates and includes trace amounts of the stimulating alkaloids theobromine and caffeine, making it a great source of fast energy. The Maya, Toltec and Aztec peoples planted the cacao tree about 3,000 years ago, and used its fruit, the cocoa bean, to make a beverage (sometimes as a ceremonial drink) as well as use it as a money. Chocolate was considered the meal of gods by the Maya, who revered the cacao tree and buried officials with bowls of the stuff . In reality, comprehending the Maya's phonetic writing style required identifying the (Olmec-derived)word ka-ka-w ("cacao") engraved on those containers. Spain was the first European country to include chocolate into its cuisine, however the exact circumstances are unknown. After his fourth voyage in 1502, Christopher Columbus is believe...

 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT COCOA BEANS The cocoa bean is the fruit of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), a tropical plant native to the Americas' equatorial regions. The fluid paste, or liquor, is made from the processed cocoa bean and is used to make cocoa powder and chocolate.  The word "cocoa" is derived from the Nahuatl word "cacahuatl", which is taken from the Spanish word "cacao". Theobroma Cacao is the botanical name for the cacao (or cocoa) tree. Here, some of the Interesting facts about cocoa beans are: 1. Theobroma Cacao is the botanical name for the cacao (or cocoa) tree. The name comes from the Greek words 'theos ', which means gods, and 'broma ', which means food. (The food of God= theo+ broma.) 2. The cocoa plant comes in three varieties: Criollo (Central America), Forastero (Wesy Africa and South America) and Trinitario (North America)  3. Cocoa Beans as Money- Mayans and Aztecs used cacao beans as money to purchase f...

 HISTORY OF KITKAT   Rowntree's, a confectionery manufacturer located in York, United Kingdom, patented the terms "Kit Cat" and "Kit Kat" in 1935 , and the "Kit Kat" brand was born. The original Kit Kat appeared in the 1920s when Rowntree developed a brand of boxed chocolates called "Kit Cat", despite the names not being used at the time. This trend lasted until the 1930s, when Rowntree's concentrated on its "Black Magic" and "Dairy Box" trademarks. The "Kit Cat" brand suffered as a result of the advertising of competing items and was eventually phased out. The initial four-finger bar was created after a worker at Rowntree's York Factory suggested a snack that "a man could take to work in his pack".  The bar was first offered in London and throughout Southern England on August 29, 1935 , under the name "Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp" . In 1937, the product's official name was c...

  FACTS ABOUT WHITE CHOCOLATE   White Chocolate has a sweet, unique, and creamy flavor that distinguishes it from the other two chocolates, dark and milk chocolate. It is a chocolate confection that is pale ivory in color and is produced from milk solids, cocoa butter, sugar, and occasionally vanilla. White Chocolate is devoid of cocoa solids, which are found in dark and milk chocolates, respectively.  The key element in the other two forms of chocolate is cocoa solids, which are absent in white chocolate. Its white hue comes from the absence of this component. It is prepared with a combination of sugar, milk products, vanilla, cocoa butter and lecithin, a fatty component. White Chocolate has a variety of health benefits that most of us are unaware of. So, here are several white chocolate facts that you should be aware of : 1. White Chocolate is manufactured from cocoa butter, which comes from the cacao plant, which is rich in antioxidants such as flavonoids. White choco...

 RUBY CHOCOLATE   Ruby Chocolate was introduced in late 2017 by the Belgian chocolate producer Barry Callebaut Group. To Manufacture ruby chocolate, Callebaut employs the "ruby cocoa bean", which is found in Ecuador, Brazil, and the Ivory Coast. The ruby beans may sound unique, but according to the Novel York, they are not new genetically. "They are derived from the same species of cacao plant that produces the chocolate we are familiar with", the New York Times writes. The beans that earn ruby status have a specific blend of ingredients, according to a Callebaut spokesman, who declined to elaborate further. History of Ruby Chocolate Callebaut stated in 2004 that it had identified a new form of cocoa bean: the "ruby" cocoa bean. However, it took the corporation well over a decade to get its product to market. "Ruby chocolate addresses a new consumer need observed among Millennials- Hedonistic indulgence," said Peter Boone, Barry Callebaut's C...