15 things you must know about chocolate!
- Chocolate is made from the fruit of the cacao tree. Cacao pods contain nibs that are crushed to make unsweetened chocolate.
- The scientific name of the cacao tree, Theobroma, means “food of the gods.”
- When the cacao nibs are crushed, there are fats and solids remaining. The fats are called cocoa butter. The solids are ground into cocoa powder.
- Chocolate bars may have “% Cacao” or “%Cocoa” printed on the label. This percentage refers to the total content of the cacao (or cocoa) solids.
- White Chocolate does not contain cocoa solids but can be called chocolate by food standards if it contains cocoa butter. (more…)
