Chocolate News
Research suggests chocolate chip cookies equivalent to drug addiction in the brain
ABC7 A 2013 paper published by researchers from the University of Bordeaux suggests the ingredients in a chocolate chip cookie triggers the same addictive response in the brain as cocaine and marijuana. A traditional chocolate chip cookie contains 2.5 teaspoons of sugar, which the study says induces some of the same responses as cocaine. As for chocolate, it contains small amounts of a compound that trigger the same part of your brain as the addictive ingredient marijuana, THC, the study says. The two ingredients together create a harmonious flavor that can double the addiction.Breakthrough research allows for 3-D printed chocolate without temperature control
Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have pioneered a novel approach to 3-D print chocolate-based products at room temperature by cold extrusion.
Happy National Chocolate Day! October 28, 2019
Happy National Chocolate Cupcake Day! October 18, 2019
New Cocoa-Pricing Method Makes for a Hot Commodity
Cocoa prices are surging as traders grapple with a new method for pricing exports designed to alleviate poverty among farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world’s largest growers of the chocolate ingredient. At a time when weakness in the world economy is hurting assets such as oil and industrial metals, cocoa has been one of the top performers in commodities markets. Futures prices have climbed 18% to £1,912 ($2,335) a ton in London since Aug. 29, and have risen 10% to $2,408 a ton in New York. Prices were even higher in both markets before slipping back in recent days.