08Jan/15

6 more reasons to up your chocolate (Cocoa) intake

January 8, 2015Factual, Information, UncategorizedAgeing, Cancer, Chocolate, Cocoa, Diabetics, Flavanoids, Heart Disease, ProtectionSephra

On a detox? Need to lose weight? Cutting calories? Low-carb fiend? Yes, you too should eat MORE chocolate (Cocoa) this January (and beyond).

17Dec/14

Preventing White Film on Chocolate

December 17, 2014Factual, InformationChocolate, Fat Bloom, Fraunhofer, White FilmSephra

Researchers Figured Out How to Prevent That White Film on Chocolate. It doesn’t hinder how it tastes in any way, but that white film that often appears on the surface of chocolateRead More…

09Dec/14

Saddam’s chocolate and Gaddafi’s camel milk: tyrants’ meals revealed

December 9, 2014Factual, InformationCeaucescu, Chocolate, Dictator, Gaddafi, Hitler, Milk, Putin, Saddam, Salazar, Stalin, TyrantSephra

From Stalin’s all-night Georgian banquets to Hitler’s obsessive vegetarianism, a new book spills the beans on their dinner tables.

08Dec/14

Asia’s growing appetite for chocolate

December 8, 2014Factual, InformationAsia, Asia-Pacific, China, Chocolate, Cocoa, India, United StatesSephra

Asia’s chocolate consumption is growing at a rapid pace, offering the mature industry an attractive and relatively untapped market. But how is this impacting global supplies and trends, and is it sustainable?

01Dec/14

At $173 An Ounce, Is This The World’s Most Expensive Chocolate?

December 1, 2014Entertainment, Factual, Fun, InformationBeans, Cacao, Chocolate, Ecuadorian, To'ak, ValuableSephra

The Guinness World Record for the most valuable chocolate (MVC! MVC!) was set in 2001, when an anonymous buyer in a Christie’s auction paid $687 for a 4-inch-long Cadbury’s bar that hadRead More…

01Dec/14

Chocolate, Memory Food

December 1, 2014Factual, Information, UncategorizedChocolate, Food, MemorySephra

Important ties between food and mental functioning keep coming. A contentious finding made news last week: People who eat a lot of food that contains trans fats have poorer memories than peopleRead More…

27Nov/14

Make your farts smell of roses and chocolate!

November 27, 2014Entertainment, Factual, Fun, Information, UncategorizedChocolate, Farts, RosesSephra

Frenchman creates pill to make your farts smell of roses and chocolate! This could be a perfect secret Santa gift for that flatulent colleague you just can’t face.

24Nov/14

Surviving a Chocolate shortage

November 24, 2014Factual, InformationCallebaut, Chocolate, Cocoa, Shortage, SurvivalSephra

One gets a certain joie de vivre from the taste, scent and texture of chocolate. We enjoy it when we feel jubilant, gorge on it when we feel sad, and dip strawberriesRead More…

24Nov/14

World peace threatened by loss of Chocolate

November 24, 2014Factual, Information, UncategorizedChocolate, Peace, WarSephra

Loss of world’s chocolate supply is no light matter Wars over gold and territory may mark the history of mankind since Cain killed Abel but no one is arguably prepared for theRead More…

17Nov/14

We’re running out of chocolate!

November 17, 2014Factual, Information, UncategorizedCallebaut, Chocolate, Cocoa, Epidemic, MarsSephra

The world’s biggest chocolate-maker says we’re running out of chocolate! There’s no easy way to say this: You’re eating too much chocolate, all of you. And it’s getting so out of handRead More…