All about Chocolate

Life is like a box of chocolates. You

never know what youre going to get. (Forrest
Gump)
Overview
(1) Facts
(2) History of Chocolate
(3) Production of Chocolate
(4) Prejudices and Truth
(5) Chocolate in everyday life
(6) Bibliography



Facts
(1) Facts of Consumption
(2) Nutritional Information
(3) Difference between white chocolate and milk
chocolate
Facts of Consumption
Chocolate consumption in kilograms per person and country
Facts of Consumption
Facts
(1) Facts of Consumption
(2) Nutritional Information
(3) Difference between white chocolate and milk
chocolate
Nutritional Information
Per 100 grams
Pure
chocolate
Milk
chocolate
White
chocolate
Protein (g) 4,7 8,4 8
Fat (g) 29,2 30,3 30,9
Calories (kcal) 525 529 529
Calcium (mg) 38 220 270
Magnesium
(mg) 100 55 26
Facts
(1) Facts of Consumption
(2) Nutritional Information
(3) Difference between white
chocolate and milk chocolate
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 chocolate
12 cocoa beans
Real chocolate
99 cocoa beans
Milk chocolate
Strictly speaking:
chocolate is any product based 99% on cocoa solid and/or cacao fat
Overview
(1) Facts
(2) History of Chocolate
(3) Production of Chocolate
(4) Prejudices and Truth
(5) Chocolate in everyday life
(6) Bibliography



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
History of Chocolate
(1) Where does Cocoa come from?
(2) Chocolate in Europe Some Dates
Chocolate in Europe - Some Dates
1528: Hernn Cortz 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 Berlin
1875: The first milk chocolate was put on the
market
Overview
(1) Facts
(2) History of Chocolate
(3) Production of Chocolate
(4) Prejudices and Truth
(5) Chocolate in everyday life
(6) Bibliography



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 powder
Step 4: plain chocolate
Chocolate

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



Prejudices and Truth
(1)Table of Prejudices and Truth
(2) Advantages of plain, dark chocolate
Table of Prejudices and Truth
*
# plain, dark
chocolate
*cheap mass-produced
chocolate
Table of Prejudices and Truth
Prejudice Reason Truth
migraine large doses of tyramine only small quantity
Table of Prejudices and Truth
Prejudice Reason Truth
migraine large doses of tyramine only small quantity
obesity sugar * a lot of sugar
# less sugar no
correlation
*cheap, mass-produced chocolate # dark chocolate (> 70%)

Table of Prejudices and Truth
Prejudice Reason Truth
migraine large doses of tyramine only small quantity
obesity sugar * a lot of sugar
# less sugar no
correlation
acne no correlation between acne and chocolate proved
*cheap, mass-produced chocolate # dark chocolate (> 70%)

Table of Prejudices and Truth
Prejudice Reason Truth
migraine large doses of tyramine only 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
*cheap, mass-produced chocolate # dark chocolate (> 70%)

Table of Prejudices and Truth
Prejudice Reason Truth
migraine large doses of tyramine only 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)
*cheap, mass-produced chocolate # dark chocolate (> 70%)

Table of Prejudices and Truth
Prejudice Reason Truth
migraine large doses of tyramine only 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%)

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

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



Chocolate in everyday life
(1) Chocolate in media
1.1 advertising
1.2 films
(2) Quotation about Chocolate
Advertising
Advertising
For adults filled with
alcohol
For children filled with
milk cream
Advertising
For adults and kids
play, fun, tension and chocolate
German English
Films
Films
Chocolate in everyday life
(1) Chocolate in media
1.1 advertising
1.2 films
(2) 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, lets face it, far more reliable than a man.
(Miranda I ngram)
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 worlds 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 didnt like. (Deanna Troi in Star
Trek)
Simply put everybody has a price, mine is chocolate!
(unknown)

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



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