Chocolate News
The Australian Chocolate Market is Anticipated to Exceed $4.3 Billion by 2023
BUSINESS WIRE The chocolate market is projected to surpass $4.3 billion by 2023, on the back of growing chocolate consumption and rising demand for niche product categories such as organic chocolate products. Moreover, increasing focus of chocolate manufacturers on offering innovative products; for instance, Mondelez launching Cadbury Dairy Milk with Oreo in mint and strawberry flavors, is expected to positively influence the country’s chocolate market in the coming years.Rising number of health-conscious consumers, increasing demand for premium chocolates and rapid expansion of e-commerce in FMCG are some of the other factors that would fuel growth in Australia chocolate market during the forecast period.CES 2019: Sweet! Chocolate 3D Printing Moving Closer to the Masses
Hailing from the Ukraine, Flasty makes the Chocola3D printer. It looks like a typical 3D printer, and extrudes chocolate into all kinds of fun shapes and patterns. At $1,800, the device isn’t cheap, but the company says they’ve already sold of number of them to restaurants across Europe. JER Education plans to launch the JER chocolate 3D printing pen by the end of the year.
Chocolate is Better than Cough Syrup for Curing your Cough, Doctor Reveals
According to Professor Alyn Morice, head of cardiovascular and respiratory studies at the University of Hull and founding member of the International Society for the Study of Cough says, “chocolate can calm coughs”. The study of 163 people revealed that the patients taking chocolate-based medicine saw significant improvements in two days. According to Professor Morice, it’s due to chocolate’s “demulcent properties” – in other words, it’s sticky which means it forms a coating on the throat’s nerve endings, suppressing the urge to cough.
20 pounds of hot chocolate (in one serving) coming to Midtown rooftop bar
The PHD Terrace inside the Dream Hotel Midtown, New York City, NY will be offering up a 20-pound spiked hot chocolate in time for National Hot Chocolate Day on Jan. 31. And the giant chocolatey drink will set you back only $375, or the equivalent of about 94 Starbucks grande hot chocolates. It’s available from January 31 through February 14th.
3,500 gallons of chocolate spill onto Interstate 40 in Northern Arizona
A tanker carrying 3,500 gallons of liquid chocolate rolled over, causing lane closures on Interstate 40 Monday afternoon as a river of chocolate flowed down the road, officials say. The chocolate weighed around 40,000 pounds. As one official tweeted, “this will be a sweet cleanup”.