Do you know that today chocolate is one of the most used and consumed product all over the world. Today, it is a major industry all over the world that has taken the chocolate makers to become multi-millionaires. The world today seems to be crazy about eating chocolate. Whatever country you visit or wherever you go; be it is a bus stop, train station, airport or a shopping mall, everywhere you can see people buying and eating chocolates. Every age group; be it children, teens, adults or older people, everyone loves to have chocolate. Some of the famous chocolates today are Dairy Milk Cadbury, Cadbury Flake, Kraft Cadbury and Toblerone. There are many kinds of chocolates like dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. The main ingredients of all the chocolates are sugar, cocoa and butter.

History of Chocolate

For a very long time, the chocolate has been used as a drink and it has been found that cacao was cultivated during the years dating back to 1100 to 1400 BC. Cacao was not only used as a drink, but also its beans were used to make alcoholic drinks. The traces of sweet chocolate take us back to 1100 BC to Honduras, the earliest found evidence of the use of cacao. The documents give the evidence of chocolate being used as ceremonial drink those days. South American and European Cultures have been known to treat diarrhea for hundreds of years by using cocoa. The first recorded transportation of chocolate for commercial purposes seem to have been made by ship in the year 1585 to Europe from Veracruz to Sevilla. For hundred of years, the process of making chocolates did not change at all and remained the same till the advent of the industrial revolution. Today, we see this delicious product in its modern form.

Types of Chocolates

It is incredible to think how many kinds and brands of chocolates are there all over the world. The chocolates can be distinguished like you have pure unsweetened chocolate, mainly containing cocoa solid and cocoa butter in various proportions. The following are some of the famous kinds of chocolates being made;

• White Chocolate: This is made from a mixture of cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids. As it does not contain any cocoa solids, so some countries do not accept it as chocolate.
• Dark Chocolate: The dark Chocolate is made of cocoa mixture, sugar and fats added to it. This chocolate with its high content of cocoa is supposed to reduce the chances of a heart attack to a great extent when taken in the small amounts regularly. Also semi sweet chocolate is a kind of dark chocolate with a low sugar portion in it.
• Raw Chocolate. This contains 75% of cocoa, and due to the way of its process, it loses a lot of vitamins and minerals, and is said to be a nutritious sort of a chocolate due to this property

Since people love to have the chocolate, this is why we can see many chocolate brands like kraft, kraft Cadbury, dairy milk Cadbury, Cadbury flake, toblerone and many more.

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