Chocolate News
It Turns out Chocolate is a Lot Older than we Previously Thought
THE VINTAGE NEWS Most modern historians believe that chocolate has been around for about 4,000 years, spreading from Mexico and Central America to the US about 1,000 years ago, but new evidence suggests that the “food of the gods” has been around a lot longer than that. Researchers now believe that chocolate has been used for as long as the last 5,500 years, and that it started out in South America, in the upper Amazon, not Mexico, as was commonly thought.This Man Put A Safe In His Fridge So His Fiancée Can’t Eat His Chocolate
Have you ever tried to hide your snack stash from your significant other? Dave Williams of Wales, Great Britain took a pretty extreme measure to keep his fiance from poaching his chocolate supply — installing a safe in the refrigerator. (to see picture, click here)
African-Crafted Chocolate to Debut in the U.S.
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND FOOD AND SAFETY MAGAZINE
Although more than 70% of the world’s cocoa is grown in Africa, only 3% of chocolate is made in Africa, even less by Africans themselves. To achieve true sustainability, Africans need to be able to do things for themselves – not through charity, and that’s why De Villiers Chocolate said it is driven to create the very best chocolate possible – with ingredients sourced across the African continent, crafted by Africans, for Africans.
BAKERS SUE NESTLÉ FOR SELLING ‘FAKE’ WHITE CHOCOLATE
A group of bakers has filed a class-action suit against Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, claiming its white chocolate chips are not actually white chocolate, but are instead made with inferior hydrogenated oils. The complaint, filed in Santa Cruz County Superior Court, alleges that the Premier White Morsels sold by Nestlé skimp on cocoa butter and replace it with cheaper oils.
New York City schools want to ban chocolate milk
Holy cow. The city Department of Education wants to ban chocolate milk from public schools. Citing health concerns, including sugar content, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza and his underlings are pushing for a white-milk-only policy. “The thinking is that these kids are already getting too much sugar, why are they getting it in their milk?’’ one DOE source said, adding that higher-ups “are discussing what to do and how to do it.’’