09Mar/15

Sweetening gloomy Russia, one chocolate bar at a time

March 9, 2015Factual, Information, NewsChocolate, Chocolatier, Moscow, RussiaSephra

MOSCOW: When days are dark, friends are few and the state of your bank account makes you want to weep, there is only one thing you can do in bleak, crisis-hit Russia.Read More…

04Mar/15

Roald Dahl’s Chocolate Box and History Of Chocolate

March 4, 2015Factual, InformationBourneville, Cadburys, Chocolate, Cookbook, Crunchie, Kit Kat, Roald DahlSephra

Every night after dinner, Roald Dahl would offer his fellow diners a chocolate from this little red box. Whether he was dining alone with his family or hosting a dinner party forRead More…

02Mar/15

Britain should celebrate inventor of chocolate as much as we do Brunel

March 2, 2015Factual, Information, News, UncategorizedBournville, Cadbury, Chocolate, Fry, Inventors, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Mondelez, Robert StephensonSephra

Liz Truss, the Environment Secretary, says Britain should celebrate the inventors of the chocolate bar and fizzy drinks as much as they do Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

23Feb/15

Anti-ageing chocolate which reduces wrinkles

February 23, 2015Factual, Information, News, ProductsAnti-Ageing, Cambridge, Chocolate, Diabetic, EstheChoc, Science, UniversitySephra

A daily 7.5g bar of the chocolate can change the underlying skin stucture of a 50 year old to that of someone in their 30s, say developers.

16Feb/15

Chocolate prices are soaring, so candy makers are making their bars smaller

February 16, 2015Factual, Information, NewsCadbury, Candy, Chocolate, Cocoa, Hershey, MarsSephra

On Valentine’s Day 2012, we learned that the world was in a chocolate crisis. Then we learned it again on Valentine’s Day 2013. And again in 2014. And it’s back this year,Read More…

16Feb/15

The Economics of Chocolate

February 16, 2015Factual, InformationAfrica, business, Chocolate, Cocoa, Commodity, Economics, Farm, TradeSephra

Before becoming a kiss, bar, or hot drink, cocoa gets shipped, stashed, smashed, and, most critically for producers and consumers alike, commodified.

12Feb/15

Once, People Thought Chocolate Could Make You Pregnant

February 12, 2015Factual, InformationChocolate, Cocoa, PregnantSephra

It’s not just store displays around Valentine’s Day. Scientists seem obsessed with chocolate, too.

09Feb/15

An Emotional History of Chocolate

February 9, 2015Factual, Fun, InformationCallebaut, Chocolate, Cocoa, Emotional, HistorySephra

The world faces an impending chocolate shortage. Simply put, global demand is rapidly outpacing the capacity of cocoa farmers to produce the good.

19Jan/15

Sephra Bahrain sponsor local school football team

January 19, 2015Customers and Distributors, Factual, InformationBahrain, Football, School, Sephra, Sponsor, St. Christopher, St. Christopher's, TeamSephra

Resplendent in their brand new Sephra Chocolate Lounge & Bakery branded shirts, the St. Christopher’s Junior School football team takes to the field this weekend in Kuwait. St. Christopher’s, the leading BritishRead More…

12Jan/15

The man who invented the bubbles in Aero Chocolate

January 12, 2015Factual, InformationAero, Chocolate, InventorSephra

“I often say to people when I buy it ‘my grandfather helped make this’ and they’re always quite surprised.” Says Eileen Clements.