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Chocolate

January 01, 1970

For other uses, see Chocolate (disambiguation).

Chocolate, or cocoa, is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form for at least 5,300 years starting with the Mayo-Chinchipe culture in what is present-day Ecuador.[1] Later Mesoamerican civilizations also consumed chocolate beverages before being introduced to Europe in the 16th century.[2]

Chocolate
Chocolate in its most common forms: powder and bars
Region or stateMesoamerica
Main ingredientsCocoa bean
VariationsChocolate liquor, cocoa butter, cocoa solids, solid chocolate
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The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavor. After fermentation, the seeds are dried, cleaned, and roasted. The shell is removed to produce cocoa nibs, which are then ground to cocoa mass, unadulterated chocolate in rough form. Once the cocoa mass is liquefied by heating, it is called chocolate liquor. The liquor may also be cooled and processed into its two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Baking chocolate, also called bitter chocolate, contains cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions without any added sugar. Powdered baking cocoa, which contains more fiber than cocoa butter, can be processed with alkali to produce Dutch cocoa. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, a combination of cocoa solids, cocoa butter, or added vegetable oils and sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. White chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk, but no cocoa solids.

Chocolate is one of the most popular food types and flavors in the world, and many foodstuffs involving chocolate exist, particularly desserts, including cakes, pudding, mousse, chocolate brownies, and chocolate chip cookies. Many candies are filled with or coated with sweetened chocolate. Chocolate bars, either made of solid chocolate or other ingredients coated in chocolate, are eaten as snacks. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes (such as eggs, hearts, and coins) are traditional on certain Western holidays, including Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, and Hanukkah. Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages, such as chocolate milk and hot chocolate, and in some alcoholic drinks, such as creme de cacao.

Although cocoa originated in the Americas, West African countries, particularly Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, are the leading producers of cocoa in the 21st century, accounting for some 60% of the world cocoa supply.

With some two million children involved in the farming of cocoa in West Africa, child slavery and trafficking associated with the cocoa trade remain major concerns.[3][4] A 2018 report argued that international attempts to improve conditions for children were doomed to failure because of persistent poverty, the absence of schools, increasing world cocoa demand, more intensive farming of cocoa, and continued exploitation of child labor.[3]

Etymology

 
Maya glyph for cocoa

Cocoa, pronounced by the Olmecs as kakawa,[5] dates to 1000 BCE or earlier.[5] The word "chocolate" entered the English language from Spanish in about 1600.[6] The word entered Spanish from the word chocolātl in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. The origin of the Nahuatl word is uncertain, as it does not appear in any early Nahuatl source, where the word for chocolate drink is cacahuatl, "cocoa water". It is possible that the Spaniards coined the word (perhaps in order to avoid caca, a vulgar Spanish word for "faeces") by combining the Yucatec Mayan word chocol, "hot", with the Nahuatl word atl, "water".[7] A widely cited proposal is that the derives from unattested xocolatl meaning "bitter drink" is unsupported; the change from x- to ch- is unexplained, as is the -l-. Another proposed etymology derives it from the word chicolatl, meaning "beaten drink", which may derive from the word for the frothing stick, chicoli.[8] Other scholars reject all these proposals, considering the origin of first element of the name to be unknown.[9] The term "chocolatier", for a chocolate confection maker, is attested from 1888.[10]

History

See also: History of chocolate

South America

The cocoa bean was first domesticated at least 5,300 years ago, in equatorial South America from the Santa Ana-La Florida (SALF) site in what is present-day southeast Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe Province) by the Mayo-Chinchipe culture, before being introduced in Mesoamerica.[1][11]

Mesoamerican usage

 
Image from a Maya ceramic depicting a container of frothed chocolate

Chocolate has been prepared as a drink for nearly all of its history. For example, one vessel found at an Olmec archaeological site on the Gulf Coast of Veracruz, Mexico, dates chocolate's preparation by pre-Olmec peoples as early as 1750 BCE.[12] On the Pacific coast of Chiapas, Mexico, a Mokaya archaeological site provides evidence of cocoa beverages dating even earlier to 1900 BCE.[13][12] The residues and the kind of vessel in which they were found indicate the initial use of cocoa was not simply as a beverage; the white pulp around the cocoa beans was likely used as a source of fermentable sugars for an alcoholic drink.[14]

 
Mexica. Man Carrying a Cacao Pod, 1440–1521. Volcanic stone, traces of red pigment. Brooklyn Museum.

An early Classic-period (460–480 CE) Maya tomb from the site in Rio Azul had vessels with the Maya glyph for cocoa on them with residue of a chocolate drink, which suggests that the Maya were drinking chocolate around 400 CE.[15] Documents in Maya hieroglyphs stated that chocolate was used for ceremonial purposes in addition to everyday life.[16] The Maya grew cacao trees in their backyards[17] and used the cocoa seeds the trees produced to make a frothy, bitter drink.[18]

By the 15th century, the Aztecs had gained control of a large part of Mesoamerica and had adopted cocoa into their culture. They associated chocolate with Quetzalcoatl, who, according to one legend, was cast away by the other gods for sharing chocolate with humans,[19] and identified its extrication from the pod with the removal of the human heart in sacrifice.[20] In contrast to the Maya, who liked their chocolate warm, the Aztecs drank it cold, seasoning it with a broad variety of additives, including the petals of the Cymbopetalum penduliflorum tree, chili pepper, allspice, vanilla, and honey.

The Aztecs were unable to grow cocoa themselves, as their home in the Mexican highlands was unsuitable for it, so chocolate was a luxury imported into the empire.[19] Those who lived in areas ruled by the Aztecs were required to offer cocoa seeds in payment of the tax they deemed "tribute".[19] Cocoa beans were often used as currency.[21] For example, the Aztecs used a system in which one turkey cost 100 cocoa beans[22] and one fresh avocado was worth three beans.[23]

The Maya and Aztecs associated cocoa with human sacrifice, and chocolate drinks specifically with sacrificial human blood.[24][25] The Spanish royal chronicler Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés described a chocolate drink he had seen in Nicaragua in 1528, mixed with achiote: "because those people are fond of drinking human blood, to make this beverage seem like blood, they add a little achiote, so that it then turns red. ... and part of that foam is left on the lips and around the mouth, and when it is red for having achiote, it seems a horrific thing, because it seems like blood itself."[25]

Adaptation outside Mesoamerica

See also: History of chocolate in Spain
 
"Traités nouveaux & curieux du café du thé et du chocolate", by Philippe Sylvestre Dufour, 1685 ("New and curious treatises of coffee, tea and chocolate")

Until the 16th century, no European had ever heard of the popular drink from the Central American peoples.[19] Christopher Columbus and his son Ferdinand encountered the cocoa bean on Columbus's fourth mission to the Americas on 15 August 1502, when he and his crew stole a large native canoe that proved to contain cocoa beans among other goods for trade.[26] Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés may have been the first European to encounter it, as the frothy drink was part of the after-dinner routine of Montezuma.[15][27] José de Acosta, a Spanish Jesuit missionary who lived in Peru and then Mexico in the later 16th century, wrote of its growing influence on the Spaniards:

Although bananas are more profitable, cocoa is more highly esteemed in Mexico... Cocoa is a smaller fruit than almonds and thicker, which toasted do not taste bad. It is so prized among the Indians and even among Spaniards... because since it is a dried fruit it can be stored for a long time without deterioration, and they brings ships loaded with them from the province of Guatemala... It also serves as currency, because with five cocoas you can buy one thing, with thirty another, and with a hundred something else, without there being contradiction; and they give these cocoas as alms to the poor who beg for them. The principal product of this cocoa is a concoction which they make that they call "chocolate", which is a crazy thing treasured in that land, and those who are not accustomed are disgusted by it, because it has a foam on top and a bubbling like that of feces, which certainly takes a lot to put up with. Anyway, it is the prized beverage which the Indians offer to nobles who come to or pass through their lands; and the Spaniards, especially Spanish women born in those lands die for black chocolate. This aforementioned chocolate is said to be made in various forms and temperaments, hot, cold, and lukewarm. They are wont to use spices and much chili; they also make it into a paste, and it is said that it is a medicine to treat coughs, the stomach, and colds. Whatever may be the case, in fact those who have not been reared on this opinion are not appetized by it.[28]

 
Chocolate soon became a fashionable drink of the European nobility after the discovery of the Americas. The morning chocolate by Pietro Longhi; Venice, 1775–1780

While Columbus had taken cocoa beans with him back to Spain,[26] chocolate made no impact until Spanish friars introduced it to the Spanish court.[19] Agustín Farfán, a former court physician and Friar in New Spain, in Tratado Breve de Medicina first introduced cocoa, derived from cacao (native to New Spain), to Europe with a medical use (digestion). Through the 17th and 18th centuries, doctors affirmed the healthy effects of chocolate, consequently boosting the import of chocolate and introducing its consumption in the Europe.[29]

After the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, chocolate was imported to Europe. There, it quickly became a court favorite. It was still served as a beverage, but the Spanish added sugar, as well as honey (the original sweetener used by the Aztecs for chocolate), to counteract the natural bitterness.[22] Vanilla, another indigenous American introduction, was also a popular additive, with pepper and other spices sometimes used to give the illusion of a more potent vanilla flavor. Unfortunately, these spices tended to unsettle the European constitution; the Encyclopédie states, "The pleasant scent and sublime taste it imparts to chocolate have made it highly recommended; but a long experience having shown that it could potentially upset one's stomach", which is why chocolate without vanilla was sometimes referred to as "healthy chocolate".[30] By 1602, chocolate had made its way from Spain to Austria.[31] By 1662, Pope Alexander VII had declared that religious fasts were not broken by consuming chocolate drinks. Within about a hundred years, chocolate established a foothold throughout Europe.[19]

 
Silver chocolate pot with hinged finial to insert a moulinet or swizzle stick, London 1714–15 (Victoria and Albert Museum)

The new craze for chocolate brought with it a thriving slave market, as between the early 1600s and late 1800s, the laborious and slow processing of the cocoa bean was manual.[19] Cocoa plantations spread, as the English, Dutch, and French colonized and planted. With the depletion of Mesoamerican workers, largely to disease, cocoa production was often the work of poor wage laborers and African slaves. Wind-powered and horse-drawn mills were used to speed production, augmenting human labor. Heating the working areas of the table-mill, an innovation that emerged in France in 1732, also assisted in extraction.[32]

In 1729, the first water-powered machinery to grind cocoa beans was developed by Charles Churchman and his son Walter in Bristol, England.[33] In 1761, Joseph Fry and his partner John Vaughan bought Churchman's premises, founding Fry's.[33] The same year, Fry and Vaughan also acquired their own patent for a water-powered machine that could grind the cocoa beans to a fine powder and thus produce a superior cocoa drink.[34] In 1795, chocolate production entered the Industrial era when Fry's, under the founder's son Joseph Storrs Fry, used a Watt steam engine to ground cocoa beans.[33] The Baker Chocolate Company, which makes Baker's Chocolate, is the oldest producer of chocolate in the United States. Founded by Dr. James Baker and John Hannon in Boston in 1765, the business is still in operation.[35][36]

Solid chocolate

Despite the drink remaining the traditional form of consumption for a long time, solid chocolate was increasingly consumed since the 18th century.[37][38] Tablets, facilitating the consumption of chocolate under its solid form, have been produced since the early 19th century. Cailler (1819)[39] and Menier (1836)[40] are early examples. In 1830, chocolate is paired with hazelnuts, an innovation due to Kohler.[41]

 
Dutch chemist Coenraad Johannes van Houten invented "Dutch cocoa" by treating cocoa mass with alkaline salts to reduce the natural bitterness without adding sugar or milk to get usable cocoa powder.

Meanwhile, new processes that sped the production of chocolate emerged early in the Industrial Revolution. In 1815, Dutch chemist Coenraad van Houten introduced alkaline salts to chocolate, which reduced its bitterness.[19] A few years thereafter, in 1828, he created a press to remove about half the natural fat (cocoa butter) from chocolate liquor, which made chocolate both cheaper to produce and more consistent in quality. This innovation introduced the modern era of chocolate, allowing the mass-production of both pure cocoa butter and cocoa powder.[26]

 
The first mass-produced chocolate bar, Fry's Chocolate Cream, was produced by Fry's in 1866.[42]

Known as "Dutch cocoa", this machine-pressed chocolate was instrumental in the transformation of chocolate to its solid form when, in 1847, English chocolatier Joseph Fry discovered a way to make chocolate more easily moldable when he mixed the ingredients of cocoa powder and sugar with melted cocoa butter.[22][33] Subsequently, in 1866 his chocolate factory, Fry's, launched the first mass-produced chocolate bar, Fry's Chocolate Cream, and they became very popular.[42] Milk had sometimes been used as an addition to chocolate beverages since the mid-17th century, but in 1875 Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter invented milk chocolate by mixing a powdered milk developed by Henri Nestlé with the liquor.[19][26] In 1879, the texture and taste of chocolate was further improved when Rudolphe Lindt invented the conching machine.[43]

Besides Nestlé, several notable chocolate companies had their start in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rowntree's of York set up and began producing chocolate in 1862, after buying out the Tuke family business. Cadbury of Birmingham was manufacturing boxed chocolates in England by 1868.[19] Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875, Cadbury created the modern chocolate Easter egg after developing a pure cocoa butter that could easily be molded into smooth shapes.[44] In 1893, Milton S. Hershey purchased chocolate processing equipment at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and soon began the career of Hershey's chocolates with chocolate-coated caramels.

Types

Main article: Types of chocolate
 
Barks made of different varieties of chocolate

Several types of chocolate can be distinguished. Pure, unsweetened chocolate, often called "baking chocolate", contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, which combines chocolate with sugar.

Eating chocolate

The traditional types of chocolate are dark, milk and white. All of them contain cocoa butter, which is the ingredient defining the physical properties of chocolate (consistency and melting temperature). Plain (or dark) chocolate, as it name suggests, is a form of chocolate that is similar to pure cocoa liquor, although is usually made with a slightly higher proportion of cocoa butter.[45] It is simply defined by its cocoa percentage. In milk chocolate, the non-fat cocoa solids are partly or mostly replaced by milk solids.[46] In white chocolate, they are all replaced by milk solids, hence its ivory color.[47]

Other forms of eating chocolate exist, these include raw chocolate (made with unroasted beans) and ruby chocolate. An additional popular form of eating chocolate, gianduja, is made by incorporating nut paste (typically hazelnut) to the chocolate paste.[48]

Other types

Other types of chocolate are used in baking and confectionery. These include baking chocolate (often unsweetened), couverture chocolate (used for coating), compound chocolate (a lower-cost alternative) and modeling chocolate. Modeling chocolate is a chocolate paste made by melting chocolate and combining it with corn syrup, glucose syrup, or golden syrup.[49]

Production

See also: Children in cocoa production and Cocoa production in Ivory Coast
 
Chocolate is created from the cocoa bean. A cacao tree with fruit pods in various stages of ripening.

Roughly two-thirds of the entire world's cocoa is produced in West Africa, with 43% sourced from Côte d'Ivoire,[50] where, as of 2007, child labor is a common practice to obtain the product.[51][52] According to the World Cocoa Foundation, in 2007 some 50 million people around the world depended on cocoa as a source of livelihood.[53] As of 2007 in the UK, most chocolatiers purchase their chocolate from them, to melt, mold and package to their own design.[54] According to the WCF's 2012 report, the Ivory Coast is the largest producer of cocoa in the world.[55] The two main jobs associated with creating chocolate candy are chocolate makers and chocolatiers. Chocolate makers use harvested cocoa beans and other ingredients to produce couverture chocolate (covering). Chocolatiers use the finished couverture to make chocolate candies (bars, truffles, etc.).[56]

Production costs can be decreased by reducing cocoa solids content or by substituting cocoa butter with another fat. Cocoa growers object to allowing the resulting food to be called "chocolate", due to the risk of lower demand for their crops.[53]

Genome

The sequencing in 2010 of the genome of the cacao tree may allow yields to be improved.[57] Due to concerns about global warming effects on lowland climate in the narrow band of latitudes where cocoa is grown (20 degrees north and south of the equator), the commercial company Mars, Incorporated and the University of California, Berkeley, are conducting genomic research in 2017–18 to improve the survivability of cacao plants in hot climates.[58]

Cacao varieties

Main article: Cocoa bean § Varieties
 
Toasted cocoa beans at a chocolate workshop at the La Chonita Hacienda in Tabasco

Chocolate is made from cocoa beans, the dried and fermented seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), a small, 4–8 m tall (15–26 ft tall) evergreen tree native to the deep tropical region of the Americas. Recent genetic studies suggest the most common genotype of the plant originated in the Amazon basin and was gradually transported by humans throughout South and Central America. Early forms of another genotype have also been found in what is now Venezuela. The scientific name, Theobroma, means "food of the gods".[59] The fruit, called a cocoa pod, is ovoid, 15–30 cm (6–12 in) long and 8–10 cm (3–4 in) wide, ripening yellow to orange, and weighing about 500 g (1.1 lb) when ripe.

Cacao trees are small, understory trees that need rich, well-drained soils. They naturally grow within 20° of either side of the equator because they need about 2000 mm of rainfall a year, and temperatures in the range of 21 to 32 °C (70 to 90 °F). Cacao trees cannot tolerate a temperature lower than 15 °C (59 °F).[60]

The three main varieties of cocoa beans used in chocolate are criollo, forastero, and trinitario.

Processing

Cocoa pods are harvested by cutting them from the tree using a machete, or by knocking them off the tree using a stick. It is important to harvest the pods when they are fully ripe, because if the pod is unripe, the beans will have a low cocoa butter content, or low sugar content, reducing the ultimate flavor.

Microbial fermentation

 
"Dancing the cocoa", Trinidad, c. 1957

The beans (which are sterile within their pods) and their surrounding pulp are removed from the pods and placed in piles or bins to ferment. Micro-organisms, present naturally in the environment, ferment the pectin-containing material. Yeasts produce ethanol, lactic acid bacteria produce lactic acid, and acetic acid bacteria produce acetic acid. In some cocoa-producing regions an association between filamentous fungi and bacteria (called "cocobiota") acts to produce metabolites beneficial to human health when consumed.[61] The fermentation process, which takes up to seven days, also produces several flavor precursors, that eventually provide the chocolate taste.[62]

After fermentation, the beans must be dried to prevent mold growth. Climate and weather permitting, this is done by spreading the beans out in the sun from five to seven days.[63] In some growing regions (for example, Tobago), the dried beans are then polished for sale by "dancing the cocoa": spreading the beans onto a floor, adding oil or water, and shuffling the beans against each other using bare feet.[64]

Moist incubation

In this alternative process, the beans are dried without fermentation. The nibs are then removed and hydrated in an acidic solution. They are heated for 72 hours and dried again. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry showed that the incubated chocolate had higher levels of Strecker aldehydes, and lower levels of pyrazines.[65][66]

Grinding and blending

Main article: Types of chocolate
 
A chocolate mill (right) grinds and heats cocoa kernels into chocolate liquor. A melanger (left) mixes milk, sugar, and other ingredients into the liquor.

The dried beans are then transported to a chocolate manufacturing facility. The beans are cleaned (removing twigs, stones, and other debris), roasted, and graded. Next, the shell of each bean is removed to extract the nib. The nibs are ground and liquefied, resulting in pure chocolate liquor.[67] The liquor can be further processed into cocoa solids and cocoa butter.[68]

Chocolate liquor is blended with the cocoa butter in varying quantities to make different types of chocolate or couverture. The basic blends of ingredients for the various types of chocolate (in order of highest quantity of cocoa liquor first), are:

  • Dark chocolate: sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, and (sometimes) vanilla
  • Milk chocolate: sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, milk or milk powder, and vanilla
  • White chocolate: sugar, cocoa butter, milk or milk powder, and vanilla

Usually, an emulsifying agent, such as soy lecithin, is added, though a few manufacturers prefer to exclude this ingredient for purity reasons and to remain GMO-free, sometimes at the cost of a perfectly smooth texture. Some manufacturers are now using PGPR, an artificial emulsifier derived from castor oil that allows them to reduce the amount of cocoa butter while maintaining the same mouthfeel.

The texture is also heavily influenced by processing, specifically conching (see below). The more expensive chocolate tends to be processed longer and thus has a smoother texture and mouthfeel, regardless of whether emulsifying agents are added.

Different manufacturers develop their own "signature" blends based on the above formulas, but varying proportions of the different constituents are used. The finest, plain dark chocolate couverture contains at least 70% cocoa (both solids and butter), whereas milk chocolate usually contains up to 50%. High-quality white chocolate couverture contains only about 35% cocoa butter.

Producers of high-quality, small-batch chocolate argue that mass production produces bad-quality chocolate.[69] Some mass-produced chocolate contains much less cocoa (as low as 7% in many cases), and fats other than cocoa butter. Vegetable oils and artificial vanilla flavor are often used in cheaper chocolate to mask poorly fermented and/or roasted beans.[69]

In 2007, the Chocolate Manufacturers Association in the United States, whose members include Hershey, Nestlé, and Archer Daniels Midland, lobbied the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change the legal definition of chocolate to let them substitute partially hydrogenated vegetable oils for cocoa butter, in addition to using artificial sweeteners and milk substitutes.[70] Currently, the FDA does not allow a product to be referred to as "chocolate" if the product contains any of these ingredients.[71][72]

In the EU a product can be sold as chocolate if it contains up to 5% vegetable oil, and must be labeled as "family milk chocolate" rather than "milk chocolate" if it contains 20% milk.[73]

According to Canadian Food and Drug Regulations,[74] a "chocolate product" is a food product that is sourced from at least one "cocoa product" and contains at least one of the following: "chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, dark chocolate, sweet chocolate, milk chocolate, or white chocolate". A "cocoa product" is defined as a food product that is sourced from cocoa beans and contains "cocoa nibs, cocoa liquor, cocoa mass, unsweetened chocolate, bitter chocolate, chocolate liquor, cocoa, low-fat cocoa, cocoa powder, or low-fat cocoa powder".

Conching and refining

Main article: Conching
 
A longitudinal conche

The penultimate process is called conching. A conche is a container filled with metal beads, which act as grinders. The refined and blended chocolate mass is kept in a liquid state by frictional heat. Chocolate before conching has an uneven and gritty texture. The conching process produces cocoa and sugar particles smaller than the tongue can detect (typically around 20 μm) and reduces rough edges, hence the smooth feel in the mouth. The length of the conching process determines the final smoothness and quality of the chocolate. High-quality chocolate is conched for about 72 hours, and lesser grades about four to six hours. After the process is complete, the chocolate mass is stored in tanks heated to about 45 to 50 °C (113 to 122 °F) until final processing.[75]

Tempering

Video of cocoa beans being ground and mixed with other ingredients to make chocolate at a Mayordomo store in Oaxaca

The final process is called tempering. Uncontrolled crystallization of cocoa butter typically results in crystals of varying size, some or all large enough to be seen with the naked eye. This causes the surface of the chocolate to appear mottled and matte, and causes the chocolate to crumble rather than snap when broken.[76][77] The uniform sheen and crisp bite of properly processed chocolate are the results of consistently small cocoa butter crystals produced by the tempering process.

The fats in cocoa butter can crystallize in six different forms (polymorphous crystallization).[76][78] The primary purpose of tempering is to assure that only the best form, Type V, is present. The six different crystal forms have different properties.

Crystal Melting temp. Notes
I 17 °C (63 °F) Soft, crumbly, melts too easily
II 21 °C (70 °F) Soft, crumbly, melts too easily
III 26 °C (79 °F) Firm, poor snap, melts too easily
IV 28 °C (82 °F) Firm, good snap, melts too easily
V 34 °C (93 °F) Glossy, firm, best snap, melts near body temperature (37 °C)
VI 36 °C (97 °F) Hard, takes weeks to form
 
Molten chocolate and a piece of a chocolate bar

As a solid piece of chocolate, the cocoa butter fat particles are in a crystalline rigid structure that gives the chocolate its solid appearance. Once heated, the crystals of the polymorphic cocoa butter can break apart from the rigid structure and allow the chocolate to obtain a more fluid consistency as the temperature increases – the melting process. When the heat is removed, the cocoa butter crystals become rigid again and come closer together, allowing the chocolate to solidify.[79]

The temperature in which the crystals obtain enough energy to break apart from their rigid conformation would depend on the milk fat content in the chocolate and the shape of the fat molecules, as well as the form of the cocoa butterfat. Chocolate with a higher fat content will melt at a lower temperature.[80]

Making chocolate considered "good" is about forming as many type V crystals as possible. This provides the best appearance and texture and creates the most stable crystals, so the texture and appearance will not degrade over time. To accomplish this, the temperature is carefully manipulated during the crystallization.

 
Chocolate cubes, pistoles and callets

Generally, the chocolate is first heated to 45 °C (113 °F) to melt all six forms of crystals.[76][78] Next, the chocolate is cooled to about 27 °C (81 °F), which will allow crystal types IV and V to form. At this temperature, the chocolate is agitated to create many small crystal "seeds" which will serve as nuclei to create small crystals in the chocolate. The chocolate is then heated to about 31 °C (88 °F) to eliminate any type IV crystals, leaving just type V. After this point, any excessive heating of the chocolate will destroy the temper and this process will have to be repeated. Other methods of chocolate tempering are used as well. The most common variant is introducing already tempered, solid "seed" chocolate. The temper of chocolate can be measured with a chocolate temper meter to ensure accuracy and consistency. A sample cup is filled with the chocolate and placed in the unit which then displays or prints the results.

Two classic ways of manually tempering chocolate are:

  • Working the molten chocolate on a heat-absorbing surface, such as a stone slab, until thickening indicates the presence of sufficient crystal "seeds"; the chocolate is then gently warmed to working temperature.
  • Stirring solid chocolate into molten chocolate to "inoculate" the liquid chocolate with crystals (this method uses the already formed crystals of the solid chocolate to "seed" the molten chocolate).

Chocolate tempering machines (or temperers) with computer controls can be used for producing consistently tempered chocolate. In particular, continuous tempering machines are used in large volume applications. Various methods and apparatuses for continuous flow tempering. In general, molten chocolate coming in at 40–50 °C is cooled in heat exchangers to crystallization temperates of about 26–30 °C, passed through a tempering column consisting of spinning plates to induce shear, then warmed slightly to re-melt undesirable crystal formations.

Shaping

Chocolate is molded in different shapes for different uses:[81]

  • Chocolate bars (tablets) are rectangular blocks of chocolate meant to be broken down to cubes (or other predefined shapes), which can then be used for consumption, cooking and baking. The term is also used for combination bars, which are a type of candy bars
  • Chocolate chips are small pieces of chocolate, usually drop-like, which are meant for decoration and baking
  • Pistoles, callets and fèves are small, coin-like or bean-like pieces of chocolate meant for baking and patisserie applications (also see Pistole (coin) and Fève (trinket))
  • Chocolate blocks are large, cuboid chunks of chocolate meant for professional use and further processing
  • Other, more specialized shapes for chocolate include sticks, curls and hollow semi-spheres

Storage

 
Packaged chocolate in the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is stored in controlled conditions.

Chocolate is very sensitive to temperature and humidity. Ideal storage temperatures are between 15 and 17 °C (59 and 63 °F), with a relative humidity of less than 50%. If refrigerated or frozen without containment, chocolate can absorb enough moisture to cause a whitish discoloration, the result of fat or sugar crystals rising to the surface. Various types of "blooming" effects can occur if chocolate is stored or served improperly.[82]

Chocolate bloom is caused by storage temperature fluctuating or exceeding 24 °C (75 °F), while sugar bloom is caused by temperature below 15 °C (59 °F) or excess humidity. To distinguish between different types of bloom, one can rub the surface of the chocolate lightly, and if the bloom disappears, it is fat bloom. Moving chocolate between temperature extremes, can result in an oily texture. Although visually unappealing, chocolate suffering from bloom is safe for consumption and taste is unaffected.[83][84][85] Bloom can be reversed by retempering the chocolate or using it for any use that requires melting the chocolate.[86]

Chocolate is generally stored away from other foods, as it can absorb different aromas. Ideally, chocolates are packed or wrapped, and placed in proper storage with the correct humidity and temperature. Additionally, chocolate is frequently stored in a dark place or protected from light by wrapping paper. The glossy shine, snap, aroma, texture, and taste of the chocolate can show the quality and if it was stored well.[87]

Candies, milk chocolate
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy2,240 kJ (540 kcal)
59.4
Sugars51.5 g
Dietary fiber3.4 g
29.7
7.6 g
VitaminsQuantity
%DV†
Vitamin A195 IU
Thiamine (B1)
8%
0.1 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
23%
0.3 mg
Niacin (B3)
3%
0.4 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
10%
0.5 mg
Vitamin B6
0%
0.0 mg
Folate (B9)
3%
11 μg
Vitamin B12
29%
0.7 μg
Choline
8%
46.1 mg
Vitamin C
0%
0 mg
Vitamin E
3%
0.5 mg
Vitamin K
5%
5.7 μg
MineralsQuantity
%DV†
Calcium
15%
189 mg
Iron
13%
2.4 mg
Magnesium
15%
63 mg
Manganese
22%
0.5 mg
Phosphorus
17%
208 mg
Potassium
12%
372 mg
Selenium
8%
4.5 μg
Sodium
3%
79 mg
Zinc
21%
2.3 mg
Other constituentsQuantity
Water1.5 g
Caffeine20 mg
Cholesterol23 mg
Theobromine205 mg
Link to USDA Database entry
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[88] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[89]

Nutrition

One hundred grams of milk chocolate supplies 540 calories. It is 59% carbohydrates (52% as sugar and 3% as dietary fiber), 30% fat and 8% protein (table). Approximately 65% of the fat in milk chocolate is saturated, mainly palmitic acid and stearic acid, while the predominant unsaturated fat is oleic acid (table).

100-grams of milk chocolate is an excellent source (over 19% of the Daily Value, DV) of riboflavin, vitamin B12 and the dietary minerals, manganese, phosphorus and zinc. Chocolate is a good source (10–19% DV) of calcium, magnesium and iron.

 
Assorted chocolates

Health effects

Phytochemicals

See also: Polyphenol § Research

Chocolate contains polyphenols, especially flavan-3-ols (catechins) and smaller amounts of other flavonoids.[90][91] It also contains alkaloids, such as theobromine, phenethylamine, and caffeine, [92] which are under study for their potential effects in the body.[93]

Lead

It is unlikely that chocolate consumption in small amounts causes lead poisoning. Some studies have shown that lead may bind to cocoa shells, and contamination may occur during the manufacturing process.[94] One study showed the mean lead level in milk chocolate candy bars was 0.027 μg lead per gram of candy;[94] another study found that some chocolate purchased at U.S. supermarkets contained up to 0.965 μg per gram, close to the international (voluntary) standard limit for lead in cocoa powder or beans, which is 1 μg of lead per gram.[95] In 2006, the U.S. FDA lowered by one-fifth the amount of lead permissible in candy, but compliance is only voluntary.[96] Studies concluded that "children, who are big consumers of chocolates, may be at risk of exceeding the daily limit of lead; whereas one 10 g cube of dark chocolate may contain as much as 20% of the daily lead oral limit. "Moreover chocolate may not be the only source of lead in their nutrition"[97] and "chocolate might be a significant source of cadmium and lead ingestion, particularly for children."[98] According to a 2005 study, the average lead concentration of cocoa beans is ≤ 0.5 ng/g, which is one of the lowest reported values for a natural food.[94] However, during cultivation and production, chocolate may absorb lead from the environment (such as in atmospheric emissions of now unused leaded gasoline).[94][99]

Cadmium

The European Food Safety Authority recommended a tolerable weekly intake for cadmium of 2.5 micrograms per kg of body weight for Europeans, indicating that consuming chocolate products caused exposure of about 4% among all foods eaten.[100][101][102] 1986 California Proposition 65 requires a warning label on chocolate products having more than 4.1 mg of cadmium per daily serving of a single product.[103][104][105]

Caffeine

One tablespoonful (5 grams) of dry unsweetened cocoa powder has 12.1 mg of caffeine[106] and a 25-g single serving of dark chocolate has 22.4 mg of caffeine.[107] Although a single 7 oz. (200 ml) serving of coffee may contain 80–175 mg,[108] studies have shown psychoactive effects in caffeine doses as low as 9 mg, and a dose as low as 12.5 mg was shown to have effects on cognitive performance.[109]

Theobromine and oxalate

Chocolate may be a factor for heartburn in some people because one of its constituents, theobromine, may affect the esophageal sphincter muscle in a way that permits stomach acids to enter the esophagus.[110] Theobromine poisoning is an overdosage reaction to the bitter alkaloid, which happens more frequently in domestic animals than humans. However, daily intake of 50–100 g cocoa (0.8–1.5 g theobromine) by humans has been associated with sweating, trembling, and severe headache.[111]

Chocolate and cocoa contain moderate to high amounts of oxalate,[112][113] which may increase the risk of kidney stones.[114]

Non-human animals

Main article: Theobromine poisoning

In sufficient amounts, the theobromine found in chocolate is toxic to animals such as cats, dogs, horses, parrots, and small rodents because they are unable to metabolise the chemical effectively.[115] If animals are fed chocolate, the theobromine may remain in the circulation for up to 20 hours, possibly causing epileptic seizures, heart attacks, internal bleeding, and eventually death. Medical treatment performed by a veterinarian involves inducing vomiting within two hours of ingestion and administration of benzodiazepines or barbiturates for seizures, antiarrhythmics for heart arrhythmias, and fluid diuresis.

A typical 20-kilogram (44 lb) dog will normally experience great intestinal distress after eating less than 240 grams (8.5 oz) of dark chocolate, but will not necessarily experience bradycardia or tachycardia unless it eats at least a half a kilogram (1.1 lb) of milk chocolate. Dark chocolate has 2 to 5 times more theobromine and thus is more dangerous to dogs. According to the Merck Veterinary Manual, approximately 1.3 grams of baker's chocolate per kilogram of a dog's body weight (0.02 oz/lb) is sufficient to cause symptoms of toxicity. For example, a typical 25-gram (0.88 oz) baker's chocolate bar would be enough to bring about symptoms in a 20-kilogram (44 lb) dog. In the 20th century, there were reports that mulch made from cacao bean shells is dangerous to dogs and livestock.[116][117]

Research

Obesity

Commonly consumed chocolate is high in fat and sugar, which are associated with an increased risk for obesity when chocolate is consumed in excess.[118]

Acne

Overall evidence is insufficient to determine the relationship between chocolate consumption and acne.[119][120] Various studies point not to chocolate, but to the high glycemic nature of certain foods, like sugar, corn syrup, and other simple carbohydrates, as potential causes of acne,[119][120][121][122] along with other possible dietary factors.[119][123]

Addiction

Main article: Chocoholic

Food, including chocolate, is not typically viewed as addictive.[124] Some people, however, may want or crave chocolate,[124] leading to a self-described term, chocoholic.[124][125]

Mood

By some popular myths, chocolate is considered to be a mood enhancer, such as by increasing sex drive or stimulating cognition, but there is little scientific evidence that such effects are consistent among all chocolate consumers.[126][127] If mood improvement from eating chocolate occurs, there is not enough research to indicate whether it results from the favorable flavor or from the stimulant effects of its constituents, such as caffeine, theobromine, or their parent molecule, methylxanthine.[127] A 2019 review reported that chocolate consumption does not improve depressive mood.[128]

Heart and blood vessels

Reviews support a short-term effect of lowering blood pressure by consuming cocoa products, but there is no evidence of long-term cardiovascular health benefit.[129][130] Chocolate and cocoa are under preliminary research to determine if consumption affects the risk of certain cardiovascular diseases[131] or enhances cognitive abilities.[132]

While daily consumption of cocoa flavanols (minimum dose of 200 mg) appears to benefit platelet and vascular function,[133] there is no good evidence to indicate an effect on heart attacks or strokes.[133][134] Research has also shown that consuming dark chocolate does not substantially affect blood pressure.[135]

Labeling

Some manufacturers provide the percentage of chocolate in a finished chocolate confection as a label quoting percentage of "cocoa" or "cacao". This refers to the combined percentage of both cocoa solids and cocoa butter in the bar, not just the percentage of cocoa solids.[136] The Belgian AMBAO certification mark indicates that no non-cocoa vegetable fats have been used in making the chocolate.[137][138] A long-standing dispute between Britain on the one hand and Belgium and France over British use of vegetable fats in chocolate ended in 2000 with the adoption of new standards which permitted the use of up to five percent vegetable fats in clearly labelled products.[139] This British style of chocolate has sometimes been pejoratively referred to as "vegelate".[139]

Chocolates that are organic[140] or fair trade certified[141] carry labels accordingly.

In the United States, some large chocolate manufacturers lobbied the federal government to permit confections containing cheaper hydrogenated vegetable oil in place of cocoa butter to be sold as "chocolate". In June 2007, in response to consumer concern about the proposal, the FDA reiterated "Cacao fat, as one of the signature characteristics of the product, will remain a principal component of standardized chocolate."[142]

Industry

Chocolate, prevalent throughout the world, is a steadily growing, US$50 billion-a-year worldwide business.[143] Europe accounts for 45% of the world's chocolate revenue,[144] and the US spent $20 billion in 2013.[145] Big Chocolate is the grouping of major international chocolate companies in Europe and the U.S. U.S. companies Mars and Hershey's alone generated $13 billion a year in chocolate sales and account for two-thirds of U.S. production in 2004.[146] Despite the expanding reach of the chocolate industry internationally, cocoa farmers and labourers in the Ivory Coast are often unaware of the uses of the beans; the high cost of chocolate products in the Ivory Coast makes them inaccessible to the majority of the population, who do not know what chocolate tastes like.[147]

Manufacturers

Main article: List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers
 
Chocolate with various fillings

Chocolate manufacturers produce a range of products from chocolate bars to fudge. Large manufacturers of chocolate products include Cadbury (the world's largest confectionery manufacturer), Ferrero, Guylian, The Hershey Company, Lindt & Sprüngli, Mars, Incorporated, Milka, Neuhaus and Suchard.

Guylian is best known for its chocolate sea shells; Cadbury for its Dairy Milk and Creme Egg. The Hershey Company, the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America, produces the Hershey Bar and Hershey's Kisses.[148] Mars Incorporated, a large privately owned U.S. corporation, produces Mars Bar, Milky Way, M&M's, Twix, and Snickers. Lindt is known for its truffle balls and gold foil-wrapped Easter bunnies.

Food conglomerates Nestlé SA and Kraft Foods both have chocolate brands. Nestlé acquired Rowntree's in 1988 and now markets chocolates under their brand, including Smarties (a chocolate candy) and Kit Kat (a chocolate bar); Kraft Foods through its 1990 acquisition of Jacobs Suchard, now owns Milka and Suchard. In February 2010, Kraft also acquired British-based Cadbury;[149] Fry's, Trebor Basset and the fair trade brand Green & Black's also belongs to the group.

Child labor in cocoa harvesting

Main article: Children in cocoa production
See also: Cocoa production in Ivory Coast
See also: Cocoa production in Ghana

The widespread use of children in cocoa production is controversial, not only for the concerns about child labor and exploitation, but also because up to 12,000 of the 200,000 children working in the Ivory Coast, the world's biggest producer of cocoa,[150] may be victims of trafficking or slavery.[151] Most attention on this subject has focused on West Africa, which collectively supplies 69 percent of the world's cocoa,[152] and the Ivory Coast in particular, which supplies 35 percent of the world's cocoa.[152] Thirty percent of children under age 15 in sub-Saharan Africa are child laborers, mostly in agricultural activities including cocoa farming.[153] Major chocolate producers, such as Nestlé, buy cocoa at commodities exchanges where Ivorian cocoa is mixed with other cocoa.[154]

In 2009, Salvation Army International Development (SAID) UK stated that 12,000 children have been trafficked on cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast of Africa, where half of the world's chocolate is made.[155] SAID UK states that it is these child slaves who are likely to be working in "harsh and abusive"[156] conditions for the production of chocolate,[155] and an increasing number of health-food[157] and anti-slavery[158] organisations are highlighting and campaigning against the use of trafficking in the chocolate industry.

As of 2017, approximately 2.1 million children in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire were involved in farming cocoa, carrying heavy loads, clearing forests, and being exposed to pesticides.[4] According to Sona Ebai, the former secretary-general of the Alliance of Cocoa Producing Countries: "I think child labor cannot be just the responsibility of industry to solve. I think it's the proverbial all-hands-on-deck: government, civil society, the private sector. And there, you need leadership."[151] Reported in 2018, a 3-year pilot program – conducted by Nestlé with 26,000 farmers mostly located in Côte d'Ivoire – observed a 51% decrease in the number of children doing hazardous jobs in cocoa farming.[3] The US Department of Labor formed the Child Labor Cocoa Coordinating Group as a public-private partnership with the governments of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire to address child labor practices in the cocoa industry.[159] The International Cocoa Initiative involving major cocoa manufacturers established the Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System intended to monitor thousands of farms in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire for child labor conditions,[3][4] but the program reached less than 20% of the child laborers.[160] Despite these efforts, goals to reduce child labor in West Africa by 70% before 2020 are frustrated by persistent poverty, absence of schools, expansion of cocoa farmland, and increased demand for cocoa.[3][161]

In April 2018, the Cocoa Barometer report stated: "Not a single company or government is anywhere near reaching the sector-wide objective of the elimination of child labor, and not even near their commitments of a 70% reduction of child labor by 2020".[161]

Fair trade

Main article: Fair trade

In the 2000s, some chocolate producers began to engage in fair trade initiatives, to address concerns about the marginalization of cocoa laborers in developing countries. Traditionally, Africa and other developing countries received low prices for their exported commodities such as cocoa, which caused poverty to abound. Fairtrade seeks to establish a system of direct trade from developing countries to counteract this unfair system.[162] One solution for fair labor practices is for farmers to become part of an Agricultural cooperative. Cooperatives pay farmers a fair price for their cocoa so farmers have enough money for food, clothes, and school fees.[163] One of the main tenets of fair trade is that farmers receive a fair price, but this does not mean that the larger amount of money paid for fair trade cocoa goes directly to the farmers. The effectiveness of fair trade has been questioned. In a 2014 article, The Economist stated that workers on fair trade farms have a lower standard of living than on similar farms outside the fair trade system.[164]

Usage and consumption

Bars

Main article: Chocolate bar
 
A chocolate bar

Chocolate is sold in chocolate bars, which come in dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate varieties. Some bars that are mostly chocolate have other ingredients blended into the chocolate, such as nuts, raisins, or crisped rice. Chocolate is used as an ingredient in a huge variety of bars, which typically contain various confectionary ingredients (e.g., nougat, wafers, caramel, nuts, etc.) which are coated in chocolate.

Coating and filling

 
Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

Chocolate is used as a flavouring product in many desserts, such as chocolate cakes, chocolate brownies, chocolate mousse and chocolate chip cookies. Numerous types of candy and snacks contain chocolate, either as a filling (e.g., M&M's) or as a coating (e.g., chocolate-coated raisins or chocolate-coated peanuts).

Beverages

Some non-alcoholic beverages contain chocolate, such as chocolate milk, hot chocolate, chocolate milkshakes and tejate. Some alcoholic liqueurs are flavoured with chocolate, such as chocolate liqueur and creme de cacao. Chocolate is a popular flavour of ice cream and pudding, and chocolate sauce is a commonly added as a topping on ice cream sundaes. The caffè mocha is an espresso beverage containing chocolate.

Popular culture

Religious and cultural links

 
A gift box of chocolates, which is a common gift for Valentine's Day

Chocolate is associated with festivals such as Easter, when moulded chocolate rabbits and eggs are traditionally given in Christian communities, and Hanukkah, when chocolate coins are given in Jewish communities. Chocolate hearts and chocolate in heart-shaped boxes are popular on Valentine's Day and are often presented along with flowers and a greeting card. In 1868, Cadbury created a decorated box of chocolates in the shape of a heart for Valentine's Day.[42][165] Boxes of filled chocolates quickly became associated with the holiday.[42] Chocolate is an acceptable gift on other holidays and on occasions such as birthdays.

Many confectioners make holiday-specific chocolate candies. Chocolate Easter eggs or rabbits and Santa Claus figures are two examples. Such confections can be solid, hollow, or filled with sweets or fondant.

Books and film

Chocolate has been the center of several successful book and film adaptations. In 1964, Roald Dahl published a children's novel titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The novel centers on a poor boy named Charlie Bucket who takes a tour through the greatest chocolate factory in the world, owned by the eccentric Willy Wonka.[166] Two film adaptations of the novel were produced: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). A third adaptation, an origin prequel film titled Wonka, is scheduled for release in 2023.[167]

Like Water for Chocolate a 1989 love story by novelist Laura Esquivel, was adapted to film in 1992. Chocolat, a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris, was adapted for film in Chocolat which was released a year later.[168]

See also

Main article: Outline of chocolate

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For other uses see Chocolate disambiguation Chocolate or cocoa is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid solid or paste either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods Cacao has been consumed in some form for at least 5 300 years starting with the Mayo Chinchipe culture in what is present day Ecuador 1 Later Mesoamerican civilizations also consumed chocolate beverages before being introduced to Europe in the 16th century 2 ChocolateChocolate in its most common forms powder and barsRegion or stateMesoamericaMain ingredientsCocoa beanVariationsChocolate liquor cocoa butter cocoa solids solid chocolateCookbook Chocolate Media Chocolate The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavor After fermentation the seeds are dried cleaned and roasted The shell is removed to produce cocoa nibs which are then ground to cocoa mass unadulterated chocolate in rough form Once the cocoa mass is liquefied by heating it is called chocolate liquor The liquor may also be cooled and processed into its two components cocoa solids and cocoa butter Baking chocolate also called bitter chocolate contains cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions without any added sugar Powdered baking cocoa which contains more fiber than cocoa butter can be processed with alkali to produce Dutch cocoa Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate a combination of cocoa solids cocoa butter or added vegetable oils and sugar Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk White chocolate contains cocoa butter sugar and milk but no cocoa solids Chocolate is one of the most popular food types and flavors in the world and many foodstuffs involving chocolate exist particularly desserts including cakes pudding mousse chocolate brownies and chocolate chip cookies Many candies are filled with or coated with sweetened chocolate Chocolate bars either made of solid chocolate or other ingredients coated in chocolate are eaten as snacks Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes such as eggs hearts and coins are traditional on certain Western holidays including Christmas Easter Valentine s Day and Hanukkah Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages such as chocolate milk and hot chocolate and in some alcoholic drinks such as creme de cacao Although cocoa originated in the Americas West African countries particularly Cote d Ivoire and Ghana are the leading producers of cocoa in the 21st century accounting for some 60 of the world cocoa supply With some two million children involved in the farming of cocoa in West Africa child slavery and trafficking associated with the cocoa trade remain major concerns 3 4 A 2018 report argued that international attempts to improve conditions for children were doomed to failure because of persistent poverty the absence of schools increasing world cocoa demand more intensive farming of cocoa and continued exploitation of child labor 3 Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 2 1 South America 2 2 Mesoamerican usage 2 3 Adaptation outside Mesoamerica 2 3 1 Solid chocolate 3 Types 3 1 Eating chocolate 3 2 Other types 4 Production 4 1 Genome 4 2 Cacao varieties 4 3 Processing 4 3 1 Microbial fermentation 4 3 2 Moist incubation 4 4 Grinding and blending 4 5 Conching and refining 4 6 Tempering 4 7 Shaping 4 8 Storage 5 Nutrition 6 Health effects 6 1 Phytochemicals 6 2 Lead 6 3 Cadmium 6 4 Caffeine 6 5 Theobromine and oxalate 6 5 1 Non human animals 7 Research 7 1 Obesity 7 2 Acne 7 3 Addiction 7 4 Mood 7 5 Heart and blood vessels 8 Labeling 9 Industry 9 1 Manufacturers 9 2 Child labor in cocoa harvesting 9 3 Fair trade 10 Usage and consumption 10 1 Bars 10 2 Coating and filling 10 3 Beverages 11 Popular culture 11 1 Religious and cultural links 11 2 Books and film 12 See also 13 References 14 Sources 15 Further reading 16 External linksEtymology nbsp Maya glyph for cocoa Cocoa pronounced by the Olmecs as kakawa 5 dates to 1000 BCE or earlier 5 The word chocolate entered the English language from Spanish in about 1600 6 The word entered Spanish from the word chocolatl in Nahuatl the language of the Aztecs The origin of the Nahuatl word is uncertain as it does not appear in any early Nahuatl source where the word for chocolate drink is cacahuatl cocoa water It is possible that the Spaniards coined the word perhaps in order to avoid caca a vulgar Spanish word for faeces by combining the Yucatec Mayan word chocol hot with the Nahuatl word atl water 7 A widely cited proposal is that the derives from unattested xocolatl meaning bitter drink is unsupported the change from x to ch is unexplained as is the l Another proposed etymology derives it from the word chicolatl meaning beaten drink which may derive from the word for the frothing stick chicoli 8 Other scholars reject all these proposals considering the origin of first element of the name to be unknown 9 The term chocolatier for a chocolate confection maker is attested from 1888 10 HistorySee also History of chocolate South America The cocoa bean was first domesticated at least 5 300 years ago in equatorial South America from the Santa Ana La Florida SALF site in what is present day southeast Ecuador Zamora Chinchipe Province by the Mayo Chinchipe culture before being introduced in Mesoamerica 1 11 Mesoamerican usage nbsp Image from a Maya ceramic depicting a container of frothed chocolate Chocolate has been prepared as a drink for nearly all of its history For example one vessel found at an Olmec archaeological site on the Gulf Coast of Veracruz Mexico dates chocolate s preparation by pre Olmec peoples as early as 1750 BCE 12 On the Pacific coast of Chiapas Mexico a Mokaya archaeological site provides evidence of cocoa beverages dating even earlier to 1900 BCE 13 12 The residues and the kind of vessel in which they were found indicate the initial use of cocoa was not simply as a beverage the white pulp around the cocoa beans was likely used as a source of fermentable sugars for an alcoholic drink 14 nbsp Mexica Man Carrying a Cacao Pod 1440 1521 Volcanic stone traces of red pigment Brooklyn Museum An early Classic period 460 480 CE Maya tomb from the site in Rio Azul had vessels with the Maya glyph for cocoa on them with residue of a chocolate drink which suggests that the Maya were drinking chocolate around 400 CE 15 Documents in Maya hieroglyphs stated that chocolate was used for ceremonial purposes in addition to everyday life 16 The Maya grew cacao trees in their backyards 17 and used the cocoa seeds the trees produced to make a frothy bitter drink 18 By the 15th century the Aztecs had gained control of a large part of Mesoamerica and had adopted cocoa into their culture They associated chocolate with Quetzalcoatl who according to one legend was cast away by the other gods for sharing chocolate with humans 19 and identified its extrication from the pod with the removal of the human heart in sacrifice 20 In contrast to the Maya who liked their chocolate warm the Aztecs drank it cold seasoning it with a broad variety of additives including the petals of the Cymbopetalum penduliflorum tree chili pepper allspice vanilla and honey The Aztecs were unable to grow cocoa themselves as their home in the Mexican highlands was unsuitable for it so chocolate was a luxury imported into the empire 19 Those who lived in areas ruled by the Aztecs were required to offer cocoa seeds in payment of the tax they deemed tribute 19 Cocoa beans were often used as currency 21 For example the Aztecs used a system in which one turkey cost 100 cocoa beans 22 and one fresh avocado was worth three beans 23 The Maya and Aztecs associated cocoa with human sacrifice and chocolate drinks specifically with sacrificial human blood 24 25 The Spanish royal chronicler Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes described a chocolate drink he had seen in Nicaragua in 1528 mixed with achiote because those people are fond of drinking human blood to make this beverage seem like blood they add a little achiote so that it then turns red and part of that foam is left on the lips and around the mouth and when it is red for having achiote it seems a horrific thing because it seems like blood itself 25 Adaptation outside Mesoamerica See also History of chocolate in Spain nbsp Traites nouveaux amp curieux du cafe du the et du chocolate by Philippe Sylvestre Dufour 1685 New and curious treatises of coffee tea and chocolate Until the 16th century no European had ever heard of the popular drink from the Central American peoples 19 Christopher Columbus and his son Ferdinand encountered the cocoa bean on Columbus s fourth mission to the Americas on 15 August 1502 when he and his crew stole a large native canoe that proved to contain cocoa beans among other goods for trade 26 Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes may have been the first European to encounter it as the frothy drink was part of the after dinner routine of Montezuma 15 27 Jose de Acosta a Spanish Jesuit missionary who lived in Peru and then Mexico in the later 16th century wrote of its growing influence on the Spaniards Although bananas are more profitable cocoa is more highly esteemed in Mexico Cocoa is a smaller fruit than almonds and thicker which toasted do not taste bad It is so prized among the Indians and even among Spaniards because since it is a dried fruit it can be stored for a long time without deterioration and they brings ships loaded with them from the province of Guatemala It also serves as currency because with five cocoas you can buy one thing with thirty another and with a hundred something else without there being contradiction and they give these cocoas as alms to the poor who beg for them The principal product of this cocoa is a concoction which they make that they call chocolate which is a crazy thing treasured in that land and those who are not accustomed are disgusted by it because it has a foam on top and a bubbling like that of feces which certainly takes a lot to put up with Anyway it is the prized beverage which the Indians offer to nobles who come to or pass through their lands and the Spaniards especially Spanish women born in those lands die for black chocolate This aforementioned chocolate is said to be made in various forms and temperaments hot cold and lukewarm They are wont to use spices and much chili they also make it into a paste and it is said that it is a medicine to treat coughs the stomach and colds Whatever may be the case in fact those who have not been reared on this opinion are not appetized by it 28 nbsp Chocolate soon became a fashionable drink of the European nobility after the discovery of the Americas The morning chocolate by Pietro Longhi Venice 1775 1780 While Columbus had taken cocoa beans with him back to Spain 26 chocolate made no impact until Spanish friars introduced it to the Spanish court 19 Agustin Farfan a former court physician and Friar in New Spain in Tratado Breve de Medicina first introduced cocoa derived from cacao native to New Spain to Europe with a medical use digestion Through the 17th and 18th centuries doctors affirmed the healthy effects of chocolate consequently boosting the import of chocolate and introducing its consumption in the Europe 29 After the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs chocolate was imported to Europe There it quickly became a court favorite It was still served as a beverage but the Spanish added sugar as well as honey the original sweetener used by the Aztecs for chocolate to counteract the natural bitterness 22 Vanilla another indigenous American introduction was also a popular additive with pepper and other spices sometimes used to give the illusion of a more potent vanilla flavor Unfortunately these spices tended to unsettle the European constitution the Encyclopedie states The pleasant scent and sublime taste it imparts to chocolate have made it highly recommended but a long experience having shown that it could potentially upset one s stomach which is why chocolate without vanilla was sometimes referred to as healthy chocolate 30 By 1602 chocolate had made its way from Spain to Austria 31 By 1662 Pope Alexander VII had declared that religious fasts were not broken by consuming chocolate drinks Within about a hundred years chocolate established a foothold throughout Europe 19 nbsp Silver chocolate pot with hinged finial to insert a moulinet or swizzle stick London 1714 15 Victoria and Albert Museum The new craze for chocolate brought with it a thriving slave market as between the early 1600s and late 1800s the laborious and slow processing of the cocoa bean was manual 19 Cocoa plantations spread as the English Dutch and French colonized and planted With the depletion of Mesoamerican workers largely to disease cocoa production was often the work of poor wage laborers and African slaves Wind powered and horse drawn mills were used to speed production augmenting human labor Heating the working areas of the table mill an innovation that emerged in France in 1732 also assisted in extraction 32 In 1729 the first water powered machinery to grind cocoa beans was developed by Charles Churchman and his son Walter in Bristol England 33 In 1761 Joseph Fry and his partner John Vaughan bought Churchman s premises founding Fry s 33 The same year Fry and Vaughan also acquired their own patent for a water powered machine that could grind the cocoa beans to a fine powder and thus produce a superior cocoa drink 34 In 1795 chocolate production entered the Industrial era when Fry s under the founder s son Joseph Storrs Fry used a Watt steam engine to ground cocoa beans 33 The Baker Chocolate Company which makes Baker s Chocolate is the oldest producer of chocolate in the United States Founded by Dr James Baker and John Hannon in Boston in 1765 the business is still in operation 35 36 Solid chocolate Despite the drink remaining the traditional form of consumption for a long time solid chocolate was increasingly consumed since the 18th century 37 38 Tablets facilitating the consumption of chocolate under its solid form have been produced since the early 19th century Cailler 1819 39 and Menier 1836 40 are early examples In 1830 chocolate is paired with hazelnuts an innovation due to Kohler 41 nbsp Dutch chemist Coenraad Johannes van Houten invented Dutch cocoa by treating cocoa mass with alkaline salts to reduce the natural bitterness without adding sugar or milk to get usable cocoa powder Meanwhile new processes that sped the production of chocolate emerged early in the Industrial Revolution In 1815 Dutch chemist Coenraad van Houten introduced alkaline salts to chocolate which reduced its bitterness 19 A few years thereafter in 1828 he created a press to remove about half the natural fat cocoa butter from chocolate liquor which made chocolate both cheaper to produce and more consistent in quality This innovation introduced the modern era of chocolate allowing the mass production of both pure cocoa butter and cocoa powder 26 nbsp The first mass produced chocolate bar Fry s Chocolate Cream was produced by Fry s in 1866 42 Known as Dutch cocoa this machine pressed chocolate was instrumental in the transformation of chocolate to its solid form when in 1847 English chocolatier Joseph Fry discovered a way to make chocolate more easily moldable when he mixed the ingredients of cocoa powder and sugar with melted cocoa butter 22 33 Subsequently in 1866 his chocolate factory Fry s launched the first mass produced chocolate bar Fry s Chocolate Cream and they became very popular 42 Milk had sometimes been used as an addition to chocolate beverages since the mid 17th century but in 1875 Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter invented milk chocolate by mixing a powdered milk developed by Henri Nestle with the liquor 19 26 In 1879 the texture and taste of chocolate was further improved when Rudolphe Lindt invented the conching machine 43 Besides Nestle several notable chocolate companies had their start in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Rowntree s of York set up and began producing chocolate in 1862 after buying out the Tuke family business Cadbury of Birmingham was manufacturing boxed chocolates in England by 1868 19 Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875 Cadbury created the modern chocolate Easter egg after developing a pure cocoa butter that could easily be molded into smooth shapes 44 In 1893 Milton S Hershey purchased chocolate processing equipment at the World s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and soon began the career of Hershey s chocolates with chocolate coated caramels TypesMain article Types of chocolate nbsp Barks made of different varieties of chocolate Several types of chocolate can be distinguished Pure unsweetened chocolate often called baking chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate which combines chocolate with sugar Eating chocolate The traditional types of chocolate are dark milk and white All of them contain cocoa butter which is the ingredient defining the physical properties of chocolate consistency and melting temperature Plain or dark chocolate as it name suggests is a form of chocolate that is similar to pure cocoa liquor although is usually made with a slightly higher proportion of cocoa butter 45 It is simply defined by its cocoa percentage In milk chocolate the non fat cocoa solids are partly or mostly replaced by milk solids 46 In white chocolate they are all replaced by milk solids hence its ivory color 47 Other forms of eating chocolate exist these include raw chocolate made with unroasted beans and ruby chocolate An additional popular form of eating chocolate gianduja is made by incorporating nut paste typically hazelnut to the chocolate paste 48 Other types Other types of chocolate are used in baking and confectionery These include baking chocolate often unsweetened couverture chocolate used for coating compound chocolate a lower cost alternative and modeling chocolate Modeling chocolate is a chocolate paste made by melting chocolate and combining it with corn syrup glucose syrup or golden syrup 49 ProductionSee also Children in cocoa production and Cocoa production in Ivory Coast nbsp Chocolate is created from the cocoa bean A cacao tree with fruit pods in various stages of ripening Roughly two thirds of the entire world s cocoa is produced in West Africa with 43 sourced from Cote d Ivoire 50 where as of 2007 update child labor is a common practice to obtain the product 51 52 According to the World Cocoa Foundation in 2007 some 50 million people around the world depended on cocoa as a source of livelihood 53 As of 2007 update in the UK most chocolatiers purchase their chocolate from them to melt mold and package to their own design 54 According to the WCF s 2012 report the Ivory Coast is the largest producer of cocoa in the world 55 The two main jobs associated with creating chocolate candy are chocolate makers and chocolatiers Chocolate makers use harvested cocoa beans and other ingredients to produce couverture chocolate covering Chocolatiers use the finished couverture to make chocolate candies bars truffles etc 56 Production costs can be decreased by reducing cocoa solids content or by substituting cocoa butter with another fat Cocoa growers object to allowing the resulting food to be called chocolate due to the risk of lower demand for their crops 53 Genome The sequencing in 2010 of the genome of the cacao tree may allow yields to be improved 57 Due to concerns about global warming effects on lowland climate in the narrow band of latitudes where cocoa is grown 20 degrees north and south of the equator the commercial company Mars Incorporated and the University of California Berkeley are conducting genomic research in 2017 18 to improve the survivability of cacao plants in hot climates 58 Cacao varieties Main article Cocoa bean Varieties nbsp Toasted cocoa beans at a chocolate workshop at the La Chonita Hacienda in Tabasco Chocolate is made from cocoa beans the dried and fermented seeds of the cacao tree Theobroma cacao a small 4 8 m tall 15 26 ft tall evergreen tree native to the deep tropical region of the Americas Recent genetic studies suggest the most common genotype of the plant originated in the Amazon basin and was gradually transported by humans throughout South and Central America Early forms of another genotype have also been found in what is now Venezuela The scientific name Theobroma means food of the gods 59 The fruit called a cocoa pod is ovoid 15 30 cm 6 12 in long and 8 10 cm 3 4 in wide ripening yellow to orange and weighing about 500 g 1 1 lb when ripe Cacao trees are small understory trees that need rich well drained soils They naturally grow within 20 of either side of the equator because they need about 2000 mm of rainfall a year and temperatures in the range of 21 to 32 C 70 to 90 F Cacao trees cannot tolerate a temperature lower than 15 C 59 F 60 The three main varieties of cocoa beans used in chocolate are criollo forastero and trinitario Processing Cocoa pods are harvested by cutting them from the tree using a machete or by knocking them off the tree using a stick It is important to harvest the pods when they are fully ripe because if the pod is unripe the beans will have a low cocoa butter content or low sugar content reducing the ultimate flavor Microbial fermentation nbsp Dancing the cocoa Trinidad c 1957 The beans which are sterile within their pods and their surrounding pulp are removed from the pods and placed in piles or bins to ferment Micro organisms present naturally in the environment ferment the pectin containing material Yeasts produce ethanol lactic acid bacteria produce lactic acid and acetic acid bacteria produce acetic acid In some cocoa producing regions an association between filamentous fungi and bacteria called cocobiota acts to produce metabolites beneficial to human health when consumed 61 The fermentation process which takes up to seven days also produces several flavor precursors that eventually provide the chocolate taste 62 After fermentation the beans must be dried to prevent mold growth Climate and weather permitting this is done by spreading the beans out in the sun from five to seven days 63 In some growing regions for example Tobago the dried beans are then polished for sale by dancing the cocoa spreading the beans onto a floor adding oil or water and shuffling the beans against each other using bare feet 64 Moist incubation In this alternative process the beans are dried without fermentation The nibs are then removed and hydrated in an acidic solution They are heated for 72 hours and dried again Gas chromatography mass spectrometry showed that the incubated chocolate had higher levels of Strecker aldehydes and lower levels of pyrazines 65 66 Grinding and blending Main article Types of chocolate nbsp A chocolate mill right grinds and heats cocoa kernels into chocolate liquor A melanger left mixes milk sugar and other ingredients into the liquor The dried beans are then transported to a chocolate manufacturing facility The beans are cleaned removing twigs stones and other debris roasted and graded Next the shell of each bean is removed to extract the nib The nibs are ground and liquefied resulting in pure chocolate liquor 67 The liquor can be further processed into cocoa solids and cocoa butter 68 Chocolate liquor is blended with the cocoa butter in varying quantities to make different types of chocolate or couverture The basic blends of ingredients for the various types of chocolate in order of highest quantity of cocoa liquor first are Dark chocolate sugar cocoa butter cocoa liquor and sometimes vanilla Milk chocolate sugar cocoa butter cocoa liquor milk or milk powder and vanilla White chocolate sugar cocoa butter milk or milk powder and vanilla Usually an emulsifying agent such as soy lecithin is added though a few manufacturers prefer to exclude this ingredient for purity reasons and to remain GMO free sometimes at the cost of a perfectly smooth texture Some manufacturers are now using PGPR an artificial emulsifier derived from castor oil that allows them to reduce the amount of cocoa butter while maintaining the same mouthfeel The texture is also heavily influenced by processing specifically conching see below The more expensive chocolate tends to be processed longer and thus has a smoother texture and mouthfeel regardless of whether emulsifying agents are added Different manufacturers develop their own signature blends based on the above formulas but varying proportions of the different constituents are used The finest plain dark chocolate couverture contains at least 70 cocoa both solids and butter whereas milk chocolate usually contains up to 50 High quality white chocolate couverture contains only about 35 cocoa butter Producers of high quality small batch chocolate argue that mass production produces bad quality chocolate 69 Some mass produced chocolate contains much less cocoa as low as 7 in many cases and fats other than cocoa butter Vegetable oils and artificial vanilla flavor are often used in cheaper chocolate to mask poorly fermented and or roasted beans 69 In 2007 the Chocolate Manufacturers Association in the United States whose members include Hershey Nestle and Archer Daniels Midland lobbied the Food and Drug Administration FDA to change the legal definition of chocolate to let them substitute partially hydrogenated vegetable oils for cocoa butter in addition to using artificial sweeteners and milk substitutes 70 Currently the FDA does not allow a product to be referred to as chocolate if the product contains any of these ingredients 71 72 In the EU a product can be sold as chocolate if it contains up to 5 vegetable oil and must be labeled as family milk chocolate rather than milk chocolate if it contains 20 milk 73 According to Canadian Food and Drug Regulations 74 a chocolate product is a food product that is sourced from at least one cocoa product and contains at least one of the following chocolate bittersweet chocolate semi sweet chocolate dark chocolate sweet chocolate milk chocolate or white chocolate A cocoa product is defined as a food product that is sourced from cocoa beans and contains cocoa nibs cocoa liquor cocoa mass unsweetened chocolate bitter chocolate chocolate liquor cocoa low fat cocoa cocoa powder or low fat cocoa powder Conching and refining Main article Conching nbsp A longitudinal conche The penultimate process is called conching A conche is a container filled with metal beads which act as grinders The refined and blended chocolate mass is kept in a liquid state by frictional heat Chocolate before conching has an uneven and gritty texture The conching process produces cocoa and sugar particles smaller than the tongue can detect typically around 20 mm and reduces rough edges hence the smooth feel in the mouth The length of the conching process determines the final smoothness and quality of the chocolate High quality chocolate is conched for about 72 hours and lesser grades about four to six hours After the process is complete the chocolate mass is stored in tanks heated to about 45 to 50 C 113 to 122 F until final processing 75 Tempering This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Chocolate news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message source source source source Video of cocoa beans being ground and mixed with other ingredients to make chocolate at a Mayordomo store in Oaxaca The final process is called tempering Uncontrolled crystallization of cocoa butter typically results in crystals of varying size some or all large enough to be seen with the naked eye This causes the surface of the chocolate to appear mottled and matte and causes the chocolate to crumble rather than snap when broken 76 77 The uniform sheen and crisp bite of properly processed chocolate are the results of consistently small cocoa butter crystals produced by the tempering process The fats in cocoa butter can crystallize in six different forms polymorphous crystallization 76 78 The primary purpose of tempering is to assure that only the best form Type V is present The six different crystal forms have different properties Crystal Melting temp Notes I 17 C 63 F Soft crumbly melts too easily II 21 C 70 F Soft crumbly melts too easily III 26 C 79 F Firm poor snap melts too easily IV 28 C 82 F Firm good snap melts too easily V 34 C 93 F Glossy firm best snap melts near body temperature 37 C VI 36 C 97 F Hard takes weeks to form nbsp Molten chocolate and a piece of a chocolate bar As a solid piece of chocolate the cocoa butter fat particles are in a crystalline rigid structure that gives the chocolate its solid appearance Once heated the crystals of the polymorphic cocoa butter can break apart from the rigid structure and allow the chocolate to obtain a more fluid consistency as the temperature increases the melting process When the heat is removed the cocoa butter crystals become rigid again and come closer together allowing the chocolate to solidify 79 The temperature in which the crystals obtain enough energy to break apart from their rigid conformation would depend on the milk fat content in the chocolate and the shape of the fat molecules as well as the form of the cocoa butterfat Chocolate with a higher fat content will melt at a lower temperature 80 Making chocolate considered good is about forming as many type V crystals as possible This provides the best appearance and texture and creates the most stable crystals so the texture and appearance will not degrade over time To accomplish this the temperature is carefully manipulated during the crystallization nbsp Chocolate cubes pistoles and callets Generally the chocolate is first heated to 45 C 113 F to melt all six forms of crystals 76 78 Next the chocolate is cooled to about 27 C 81 F which will allow crystal types IV and V to form At this temperature the chocolate is agitated to create many small crystal seeds which will serve as nuclei to create small crystals in the chocolate The chocolate is then heated to about 31 C 88 F to eliminate any type IV crystals leaving just type V After this point any excessive heating of the chocolate will destroy the temper and this process will have to be repeated Other methods of chocolate tempering are used as well The most common variant is introducing already tempered solid seed chocolate The temper of chocolate can be measured with a chocolate temper meter to ensure accuracy and consistency A sample cup is filled with the chocolate and placed in the unit which then displays or prints the results Two classic ways of manually tempering chocolate are Working the molten chocolate on a heat absorbing surface such as a stone slab until thickening indicates the presence of sufficient crystal seeds the chocolate is then gently warmed to working temperature Stirring solid chocolate into molten chocolate to inoculate the liquid chocolate with crystals this method uses the already formed crystals of the solid chocolate to seed the molten chocolate Chocolate tempering machines or temperers with computer controls can be used for producing consistently tempered chocolate In particular continuous tempering machines are used in large volume applications Various methods and apparatuses for continuous flow tempering In general molten chocolate coming in at 40 50 C is cooled in heat exchangers to crystallization temperates of about 26 30 C passed through a tempering column consisting of spinning plates to induce shear then warmed slightly to re melt undesirable crystal formations Shaping Chocolate is molded in different shapes for different uses 81 Chocolate bars tablets are rectangular blocks of chocolate meant to be broken down to cubes or other predefined shapes which can then be used for consumption cooking and baking The term is also used for combination bars which are a type of candy bars Chocolate chips are small pieces of chocolate usually drop like which are meant for decoration and baking Pistoles callets and feves are small coin like or bean like pieces of chocolate meant for baking and patisserie applications also see Pistole coin and Feve trinket Chocolate blocks are large cuboid chunks of chocolate meant for professional use and further processing Other more specialized shapes for chocolate include sticks curls and hollow semi spheres Storage nbsp Packaged chocolate in the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is stored in controlled conditions Chocolate is very sensitive to temperature and humidity Ideal storage temperatures are between 15 and 17 C 59 and 63 F with a relative humidity of less than 50 If refrigerated or frozen without containment chocolate can absorb enough moisture to cause a whitish discoloration the result of fat or sugar crystals rising to the surface Various types of blooming effects can occur if chocolate is stored or served improperly 82 Chocolate bloom is caused by storage temperature fluctuating or exceeding 24 C 75 F while sugar bloom is caused by temperature below 15 C 59 F or excess humidity To distinguish between different types of bloom one can rub the surface of the chocolate lightly and if the bloom disappears it is fat bloom Moving chocolate between temperature extremes can result in an oily texture Although visually unappealing chocolate suffering from bloom is safe for consumption and taste is unaffected 83 84 85 Bloom can be reversed by retempering the chocolate or using it for any use that requires melting the chocolate 86 Chocolate is generally stored away from other foods as it can absorb different aromas Ideally chocolates are packed or wrapped and placed in proper storage with the correct humidity and temperature Additionally chocolate is frequently stored in a dark place or protected from light by wrapping paper The glossy shine snap aroma texture and taste of the chocolate can show the quality and if it was stored well 87 Candies milk chocolateNutritional value per 100 g 3 5 oz Energy2 240 kJ 540 kcal Carbohydrates59 4Sugars51 5 gDietary fiber3 4 gFat29 7Protein7 6 gVitaminsQuantity DV Vitamin A195 IUThiamine B1 8 0 1 mgRiboflavin B2 23 0 3 mgNiacin B3 3 0 4 mgPantothenic acid B5 10 0 5 mgVitamin B60 0 0 mgFolate B9 3 11 mgVitamin B1229 0 7 mgCholine8 46 1 mgVitamin C0 0 mgVitamin E3 0 5 mgVitamin K5 5 7 mgMineralsQuantity DV Calcium15 189 mgIron13 2 4 mgMagnesium15 63 mgManganese22 0 5 mgPhosphorus17 208 mgPotassium12 372 mgSelenium8 4 5 mgSodium3 79 mgZinc21 2 3 mgOther constituentsQuantityWater1 5 gCaffeine20 mgCholesterol23 mgTheobromine205 mgLink to USDA Database entry Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults 88 except for potassium which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies 89 NutritionOne hundred grams of milk chocolate supplies 540 calories It is 59 carbohydrates 52 as sugar and 3 as dietary fiber 30 fat and 8 protein table Approximately 65 of the fat in milk chocolate is saturated mainly palmitic acid and stearic acid while the predominant unsaturated fat is oleic acid table 100 grams of milk chocolate is an excellent source over 19 of the Daily Value DV of riboflavin vitamin B12 and the dietary minerals manganese phosphorus and zinc Chocolate is a good source 10 19 DV of calcium magnesium and iron nbsp Assorted chocolatesHealth effectsPhytochemicals See also Polyphenol Research Chocolate contains polyphenols especially flavan 3 ols catechins and smaller amounts of other flavonoids 90 91 It also contains alkaloids such as theobromine phenethylamine and caffeine 92 which are under study for their potential effects in the body 93 Lead It is unlikely that chocolate consumption in small amounts causes lead poisoning Some studies have shown that lead may bind to cocoa shells and contamination may occur during the manufacturing process 94 One study showed the mean lead level in milk chocolate candy bars was 0 027 mg lead per gram of candy 94 another study found that some chocolate purchased at U S supermarkets contained up to 0 965 mg per gram close to the international voluntary standard limit for lead in cocoa powder or beans which is 1 mg of lead per gram 95 In 2006 the U S FDA lowered by one fifth the amount of lead permissible in candy but compliance is only voluntary 96 Studies concluded that children who are big consumers of chocolates may be at risk of exceeding the daily limit of lead whereas one 10 g cube of dark chocolate may contain as much as 20 of the daily lead oral limit Moreover chocolate may not be the only source of lead in their nutrition 97 and chocolate might be a significant source of cadmium and lead ingestion particularly for children 98 According to a 2005 study the average lead concentration of cocoa beans is 0 5 ng g which is one of the lowest reported values for a natural food 94 However during cultivation and production chocolate may absorb lead from the environment such as in atmospheric emissions of now unused leaded gasoline 94 99 Cadmium The European Food Safety Authority recommended a tolerable weekly intake for cadmium of 2 5 micrograms per kg of body weight for Europeans indicating that consuming chocolate products caused exposure of about 4 among all foods eaten 100 101 102 1986 California Proposition 65 requires a warning label on chocolate products having more than 4 1 mg of cadmium per daily serving of a single product 103 104 105 Caffeine One tablespoonful 5 grams of dry unsweetened cocoa powder has 12 1 mg of caffeine 106 and a 25 g single serving of dark chocolate has 22 4 mg of caffeine 107 Although a single 7 oz 200 ml serving of coffee may contain 80 175 mg 108 studies have shown psychoactive effects in caffeine doses as low as 9 mg and a dose as low as 12 5 mg was shown to have effects on cognitive performance 109 Theobromine and oxalate Chocolate may be a factor for heartburn in some people because one of its constituents theobromine may affect the esophageal sphincter muscle in a way that permits stomach acids to enter the esophagus 110 Theobromine poisoning is an overdosage reaction to the bitter alkaloid which happens more frequently in domestic animals than humans However daily intake of 50 100 g cocoa 0 8 1 5 g theobromine by humans has been associated with sweating trembling and severe headache 111 Chocolate and cocoa contain moderate to high amounts of oxalate 112 113 which may increase the risk of kidney stones 114 Non human animals Main article Theobromine poisoning In sufficient amounts the theobromine found in chocolate is toxic to animals such as cats dogs horses parrots and small rodents because they are unable to metabolise the chemical effectively 115 If animals are fed chocolate the theobromine may remain in the circulation for up to 20 hours possibly causing epileptic seizures heart attacks internal bleeding and eventually death Medical treatment performed by a veterinarian involves inducing vomiting within two hours of ingestion and administration of benzodiazepines or barbiturates for seizures antiarrhythmics for heart arrhythmias and fluid diuresis A typical 20 kilogram 44 lb dog will normally experience great intestinal distress after eating less than 240 grams 8 5 oz of dark chocolate but will not necessarily experience bradycardia or tachycardia unless it eats at least a half a kilogram 1 1 lb of milk chocolate Dark chocolate has 2 to 5 times more theobromine and thus is more dangerous to dogs According to the Merck Veterinary Manual approximately 1 3 grams of baker s chocolate per kilogram of a dog s body weight 0 02 oz lb is sufficient to cause symptoms of toxicity For example a typical 25 gram 0 88 oz baker s chocolate bar would be enough to bring about symptoms in a 20 kilogram 44 lb dog In the 20th century there were reports that mulch made from cacao bean shells is dangerous to dogs and livestock 116 117 ResearchObesity Commonly consumed chocolate is high in fat and sugar which are associated with an increased risk for obesity when chocolate is consumed in excess 118 Acne Overall evidence is insufficient to determine the relationship between chocolate consumption and acne 119 120 Various studies point not to chocolate but to the high glycemic nature of certain foods like sugar corn syrup and other simple carbohydrates as potential causes of acne 119 120 121 122 along with other possible dietary factors 119 123 Addiction Main article Chocoholic Food including chocolate is not typically viewed as addictive 124 Some people however may want or crave chocolate 124 leading to a self described term chocoholic 124 125 Mood By some popular myths chocolate is considered to be a mood enhancer such as by increasing sex drive or stimulating cognition but there is little scientific evidence that such effects are consistent among all chocolate consumers 126 127 If mood improvement from eating chocolate occurs there is not enough research to indicate whether it results from the favorable flavor or from the stimulant effects of its constituents such as caffeine theobromine or their parent molecule methylxanthine 127 A 2019 review reported that chocolate consumption does not improve depressive mood 128 Heart and blood vessels Reviews support a short term effect of lowering blood pressure by consuming cocoa products but there is no evidence of long term cardiovascular health benefit 129 130 Chocolate and cocoa are under preliminary research to determine if consumption affects the risk of certain cardiovascular diseases 131 or enhances cognitive abilities 132 While daily consumption of cocoa flavanols minimum dose of 200 mg appears to benefit platelet and vascular function 133 there is no good evidence to indicate an effect on heart attacks or strokes 133 134 Research has also shown that consuming dark chocolate does not substantially affect blood pressure 135 LabelingSome manufacturers provide the percentage of chocolate in a finished chocolate confection as a label quoting percentage of cocoa or cacao This refers to the combined percentage of both cocoa solids and cocoa butter in the bar not just the percentage of cocoa solids 136 The Belgian AMBAO certification mark indicates that no non cocoa vegetable fats have been used in making the chocolate 137 138 A long standing dispute between Britain on the one hand and Belgium and France over British use of vegetable fats in chocolate ended in 2000 with the adoption of new standards which permitted the use of up to five percent vegetable fats in clearly labelled products 139 This British style of chocolate has sometimes been pejoratively referred to as vegelate 139 Chocolates that are organic 140 or fair trade certified 141 carry labels accordingly In the United States some large chocolate manufacturers lobbied the federal government to permit confections containing cheaper hydrogenated vegetable oil in place of cocoa butter to be sold as chocolate In June 2007 in response to consumer concern about the proposal the FDA reiterated Cacao fat as one of the signature characteristics of the product will remain a principal component of standardized chocolate 142 IndustryChocolate prevalent throughout the world is a steadily growing US 50 billion a year worldwide business 143 Europe accounts for 45 of the world s chocolate revenue 144 and the US spent 20 billion in 2013 145 Big Chocolate is the grouping of major international chocolate companies in Europe and the U S U S companies Mars and Hershey s alone generated 13 billion a year in chocolate sales and account for two thirds of U S production in 2004 146 Despite the expanding reach of the chocolate industry internationally cocoa farmers and labourers in the Ivory Coast are often unaware of the uses of the beans the high cost of chocolate products in the Ivory Coast makes them inaccessible to the majority of the population who do not know what chocolate tastes like 147 Manufacturers Main article List of bean to bar chocolate manufacturers nbsp Chocolate with various fillings Chocolate manufacturers produce a range of products from chocolate bars to fudge Large manufacturers of chocolate products include Cadbury the world s largest confectionery manufacturer Ferrero Guylian The Hershey Company Lindt amp Sprungli Mars Incorporated Milka Neuhaus and Suchard Guylian is best known for its chocolate sea shells Cadbury for its Dairy Milk and Creme Egg The Hershey Company the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America produces the Hershey Bar and Hershey s Kisses 148 Mars Incorporated a large privately owned U S corporation produces Mars Bar Milky Way M amp M s Twix and Snickers Lindt is known for its truffle balls and gold foil wrapped Easter bunnies Food conglomerates Nestle SA and Kraft Foods both have chocolate brands Nestle acquired Rowntree s in 1988 and now markets chocolates under their brand including Smarties a chocolate candy and Kit Kat a chocolate bar Kraft Foods through its 1990 acquisition of Jacobs Suchard now owns Milka and Suchard In February 2010 Kraft also acquired British based Cadbury 149 Fry s Trebor Basset and the fair trade brand Green amp Black s also belongs to the group Child labor in cocoa harvesting Main article Children in cocoa production See also Cocoa production in Ivory Coast See also Cocoa production in Ghana The widespread use of children in cocoa production is controversial not only for the concerns about child labor and exploitation but also because up to 12 000 of the 200 000 children working in the Ivory Coast the world s biggest producer of cocoa 150 may be victims of trafficking or slavery 151 Most attention on this subject has focused on West Africa which collectively supplies 69 percent of the world s cocoa 152 and the Ivory Coast in particular which supplies 35 percent of the world s cocoa 152 Thirty percent of children under age 15 in sub Saharan Africa are child laborers mostly in agricultural activities including cocoa farming 153 Major chocolate producers such as Nestle buy cocoa at commodities exchanges where Ivorian cocoa is mixed with other cocoa 154 In 2009 Salvation Army International Development SAID UK stated that 12 000 children have been trafficked on cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast of Africa where half of the world s chocolate is made 155 SAID UK states that it is these child slaves who are likely to be working in harsh and abusive 156 conditions for the production of chocolate 155 and an increasing number of health food 157 and anti slavery 158 organisations are highlighting and campaigning against the use of trafficking in the chocolate industry As of 2017 approximately 2 1 million children in Ghana and Cote d Ivoire were involved in farming cocoa carrying heavy loads clearing forests and being exposed to pesticides 4 According to Sona Ebai the former secretary general of the Alliance of Cocoa Producing Countries I think child labor cannot be just the responsibility of industry to solve I think it s the proverbial all hands on deck government civil society the private sector And there you need leadership 151 Reported in 2018 a 3 year pilot program conducted by Nestle with 26 000 farmers mostly located in Cote d Ivoire observed a 51 decrease in the number of children doing hazardous jobs in cocoa farming 3 The US Department of Labor formed the Child Labor Cocoa Coordinating Group as a public private partnership with the governments of Ghana and Cote d Ivoire to address child labor practices in the cocoa industry 159 The International Cocoa Initiative involving major cocoa manufacturers established the Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System intended to monitor thousands of farms in Ghana and Cote d Ivoire for child labor conditions 3 4 but the program reached less than 20 of the child laborers 160 Despite these efforts goals to reduce child labor in West Africa by 70 before 2020 are frustrated by persistent poverty absence of schools expansion of cocoa farmland and increased demand for cocoa 3 161 In April 2018 the Cocoa Barometer report stated Not a single company or government is anywhere near reaching the sector wide objective of the elimination of child labor and not even near their commitments of a 70 reduction of child labor by 2020 161 Fair trade Main article Fair trade In the 2000s some chocolate producers began to engage in fair trade initiatives to address concerns about the marginalization of cocoa laborers in developing countries Traditionally Africa and other developing countries received low prices for their exported commodities such as cocoa which caused poverty to abound Fairtrade seeks to establish a system of direct trade from developing countries to counteract this unfair system 162 One solution for fair labor practices is for farmers to become part of an Agricultural cooperative Cooperatives pay farmers a fair price for their cocoa so farmers have enough money for food clothes and school fees 163 One of the main tenets of fair trade is that farmers receive a fair price but this does not mean that the larger amount of money paid for fair trade cocoa goes directly to the farmers The effectiveness of fair trade has been questioned In a 2014 article The Economist stated that workers on fair trade farms have a lower standard of living than on similar farms outside the fair trade system 164 Usage and consumptionBars Main article Chocolate bar nbsp A chocolate bar Chocolate is sold in chocolate bars which come in dark chocolate milk chocolate and white chocolate varieties Some bars that are mostly chocolate have other ingredients blended into the chocolate such as nuts raisins or crisped rice Chocolate is used as an ingredient in a huge variety of bars which typically contain various confectionary ingredients e g nougat wafers caramel nuts etc which are coated in chocolate Coating and filling nbsp Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting Chocolate is used as a flavouring product in many desserts such as chocolate cakes chocolate brownies chocolate mousse and chocolate chip cookies Numerous types of candy and snacks contain chocolate either as a filling e g M amp M s or as a coating e g chocolate coated raisins or chocolate coated peanuts Beverages Some non alcoholic beverages contain chocolate such as chocolate milk hot chocolate chocolate milkshakes and tejate Some alcoholic liqueurs are flavoured with chocolate such as chocolate liqueur and creme de cacao Chocolate is a popular flavour of ice cream and pudding and chocolate sauce is a commonly added as a topping on ice cream sundaes The caffe mocha is an espresso beverage containing chocolate Popular cultureReligious and cultural links nbsp A gift box of chocolates which is a common gift for Valentine s Day Chocolate is associated with festivals such as Easter when moulded chocolate rabbits and eggs are traditionally given in Christian communities and Hanukkah when chocolate coins are given in Jewish communities Chocolate hearts and chocolate in heart shaped boxes are popular on Valentine s Day and are often presented along with flowers and a greeting card In 1868 Cadbury created a decorated box of chocolates in the shape of a heart for Valentine s Day 42 165 Boxes of filled chocolates quickly became associated with the holiday 42 Chocolate is an acceptable gift on other holidays and on occasions such as birthdays Many confectioners make holiday specific chocolate candies Chocolate Easter eggs or rabbits and Santa Claus figures are two examples Such confections can be solid hollow or filled with sweets or fondant Books and film Chocolate has been the center of several successful book and film adaptations In 1964 Roald Dahl published a children s novel titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The novel centers on a poor boy named Charlie Bucket who takes a tour through the greatest chocolate factory in the world owned by the eccentric Willy Wonka 166 Two film adaptations of the novel were produced Willy Wonka amp the Chocolate Factory 1971 and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 A third adaptation an origin prequel film titled Wonka is scheduled for release in 2023 167 Like Water for Chocolate a 1989 love story by novelist Laura Esquivel was adapted to film in 1992 Chocolat a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris was adapted for film in Chocolat which was released a year later 168 See also nbsp Food portal nbsp Nutrition portal nbsp Mesoamerica portal Main article Outline of chocolate Candida krusei Candy making Children in cocoa production Chocolataire Chocolate almonds Chocolate chip Chocoholic Cuestion moral si el 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