Chocolate Facts

Explore chocolate types, ingredients, benefits, and simple how-tos, from tasting and tempering to storage and everyday questions.

Raw Cocoa: Properties and Interesting Facts

Cocoa beans have an intensely bitter taste and must undergo fermentation to develop the cocoa flavour we all recognise. After fermentation, the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted. The shell...

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Bitter Cocoa and Non-Bitter Cocoa

Theobroma Cacao, also known as the "cocoa tree", is a small evergreen tree between 4 and 8 meters tall, which belongs to the Malvaceae family and is native to the...

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Cocoa beans: Everything to know about them

Growing cocoa beans requires a special humid climate with temperatures between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius, which can be found near the equator. The plants require consistent temperatures and should...

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Hazelnut Benefits

The hazelnut is the fruit of the hazel tree (Corylus avellana L.). Due to the climatic conditions, this plant thrives in the Mediterranean Basin. The most prized variety is the...

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Chocolate for Children: A Complete Guide

Chocolate is more than just a mood booster—when eaten in moderation, it offers numerous health benefits. But when is it safe to introduce it to kids, and which type is...

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Is Dark Chocolate Good For Weight Loss? Everything To Know

When you go on a diet, it's important not to give up on every single little sweet treat altogether.Dark chocolate in particular is very high in beneficial substances and can...

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Chocolate and diabetes

Chocolate is one of the most popular treats among foodies all over the world, and it's hard to imagine having to go without it forever. But for those suffering from...

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What are Flavonoids in chocolate good for?

There’s very good news for chocolate lovers: not only is this sweet delicacy the perfect pick-me-up, but it can also be good for your body, thanks to flavonoids. These antioxidant-rich wonder ingredients...

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