Chocolate

The World’s Greatest Passion

From Past to Present

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History of Chocolate Growing and Processing

Cooking with Chocolate Chocolate as Medicine

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Chocolate Around the World

Belgium Germany France

Switzerland Austria Great Britain

The Netherlands Italy America

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Belgium
Renowned for their rich chocolate traditions,
Belgium commands the market in high quality
chocolates.

Godiva Nirvana

Charlemagne Kim’s Chocolates LTD

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The Netherlands
The Netherlands hold such traditions in chocolate
manufacturing that currently, all cocoa and chocolate
products are processed in the Netherlands and exported to
all other countries. This is largely due to the cocoa press
invented by Coenraad Van Houten

Van Houten Bensdorp

Droste
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Germany
Germany ranks as one of the largest
consumers of chocolate in Europe.

Leysieffer Feodora

Hachez Stollwerck

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Austria
Austria is more renowned for their
patisserie than their chocolates. The Vienna
torte is just one example of the expertise.

Mirabell Heindl

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Italy
Italians prefer chocolates that are sweet or
nutty in flavor. Italian chocolatiers are
masters in packaging and presentation.

Caffarel La Provenzale

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Switzerland
The Swiss are responsible for three of the greatest
impacts on modern chocolate processing. The
invention of conching, by Rodolphe Lindt,
combined with creamy fondant produces the
smooth silky texture we enjoy today. We can also
thank the Swiss for the creation of milk chocolate.

Lindt/Sprungli Suchard

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France
France is unique from other European
countries in that fact that they boast smaller,
more independent chocolate manufacturers,
each with their own specialties.

Bonnat Valrhona

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Great Britain
Great Britain has undergone a transformation
since the creation of the Chocolate Society in
1990. A resurgence in the consumption of
premium chocolates has replaced the traditional
old-style sweet milk chocolate.

Bendick’s Green & Black’s

Cadbury
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America
Like the British, American prefer sweet milk
chocolates. The industry is dominated by a few
companies, but like England, the American pallets
are changing to premium, hand-made chocolates.

Dilettante Ghirardelli Guittard

Fran’s Chocolates Hershey

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Growing and
Processing Chocolate

Introduction Explore a
Cacao Farm
Cacao Tree
Biology
Making a
Cacao Farming Candy Bar

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Cooking With Chocolate

Introduction Tools of
the Trade

Types of Chocolate Ganache &

Truffles

Melting &
Enrobing
Tempering
Dipping & Molding

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Chocolate as Medicine

Tropical Plant Medical Journal

Database Article

Chocolate’s Effect Chocolate &

on the body Pets

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