Chocolate

History, How it’s Made, and Major Companies

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How To Make ChocolateHow To Make Chocolate

1.1. Roast Cocoa BeansRoast Cocoa Beans

2.2. Crack and Winnow Beans Crack and Winnow Beans (remove husks make into nibs)(remove husks make into nibs)

3.3. Grind Into Cocoa Liqueur Grind Into Cocoa Liqueur

4.4. Conch and Refine ChocolateConch and Refine Chocolate

5. Temper Chocolate (makes it 5. Temper Chocolate (makes it shiny)shiny)

6. Mold Chocolate into desired 6. Mold Chocolate into desired shapeshape

7. Remove from Mold7. Remove from Mold

8. Eat!!!!!8. Eat!!!!!

History of History of ChocolateChocolate

1500- 400 BC-Olmec Indians are first to 1500- 400 BC-Olmec Indians are first to grow cocoa beans. Mayan elite are only grow cocoa beans. Mayan elite are only allowed to drink chocolate in a form of an allowed to drink chocolate in a form of an unsweetened cocoa drink. unsweetened cocoa drink.

600 BC- Mayans establish earliest cocoa 600 BC- Mayans establish earliest cocoa plantations in the Yucatan Peninsula.plantations in the Yucatan Peninsula.

1500s- Columbus, Spain, and Portugal 1500s- Columbus, Spain, and Portugal discovers cocoa beans from Mayans and discovers cocoa beans from Mayans and decide to ass sugar and vanilla to make decide to ass sugar and vanilla to make drink taste better.drink taste better.

1674- Solid Chocolate is first introduced in 1674- Solid Chocolate is first introduced in form of rolls and cakes.form of rolls and cakes.

1765- Chocolate introduced to US by Irish 1765- Chocolate introduced to US by Irish chocolate maker John Hanan. He and Dr. chocolate maker John Hanan. He and Dr. James Baker opens Bakers Chocolate.James Baker opens Bakers Chocolate.

1800s- Solid Chocolate bar is introduced, 1800s- Solid Chocolate bar is introduced, and Swiss Chocolate factory opens.and Swiss Chocolate factory opens.

1897- First chocolate brownie recipe is 1897- First chocolate brownie recipe is introduced by Sears.introduced by Sears.

1926- Godiva opens1926- Godiva opens

Where does Chocolate Come from?

Many large companies (Hershey, Nestle, etc) buy their cocoa from foreign countries and then make the chocolate in their factories with their own recipes

The cocoa mostly comes from areas in South America (Ecuador, Brazil, etc) and West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, etc)

The largest cocoa exporter is the Côte d’Ivoire which is located in West Africa and it exports 37.4% of the worlds cocoa

The Dark Side of ChocolateChocolate’s association with Child Labor Since most of the chocolate is grown in the

Côte d’Ivoire there is no regulations about child labor

The use of child labor is extremely scorned by the major companies like Hershy, Mars, and Nestle, yet they continue to buy from the Côte d’Ivoire claiming that they cannot control the labor use of their supplier

However smaller companies (Cliffbar, Cloud Nine, etc) have been active against this child labor by buying from other places than the Côte d’Ivoire; proving that it is possible to fight against child labor

Organic chocolate is NOT grown in the Côte d’Ivoire, so if one buys organic chocolate than it most likely has not been involved with child labor

Conditions of Chocolate Slavery

Many of the children are beaten when they are working to make them behave or work faster

Many are also emotionally scarred as well because it makes them become emotionally isolated from the effects of being considered a slave

Different Types of Chocolate

1. Cocoa

2. Unsweetened

3. Semisweet or Bittersweet

4. Sweet

5. Milk

6. White

Cocoa the raw product that

comes from the cocoa bean once the fat and shell has been removed

Unsweetened chocolate

the cocoa bean is ground into a smooth state to create chocolate liquor

Semisweet or Bittersweet Chocolate

chocolate liquor mixed with cocoa butter and sugar (35% or more chocolate liquor)

Sweet Chocolate chocolate liquor

mixed with sugar and cocoa butter (at least 15% chocolate liquor)

Milk Chocolate chocolate liquor

mixed with sugar, cocoa butter, and some milk product (at least 10% chocolate liquor and 12% milk products)

White Chocolate made from the same

things as milk chocolate but without the chocolate cocoa products