20Jan/15

Chocolate Chompdown: Impossible chocolate eating competition

January 20, 2015Entertainment, Fun, Information, UncategorizedChocolate, ChocolateFest, Chompdown, Contest, Portland, WoodblockSephra

How much chocolate can you eat in a single sitting? An average 1.5-ounce bar? Maybe a couple of bars? A few before getting sick?

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.

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.