Chocolate

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Chocolate

• Its history and its several uses

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The history

• Chocolate is made from cocoa seeds, known and
  used in the whole world.
• The cocoa plant has ancient origins and, as some
  researches say, we can presume that it was
  discovered 6000 years ago in Brazil, on the
  shores of the Amazonian river.
• But only in the year 1502 chocolate reached
  Europe. This was possible thanks to Christopher
  Columbus, who had just come back to Spain after
  his famous voyage.
• In the early 1600, chocolate arrived in Italy and
  in the XVII century it became the luxury for the
  Dutch nobles, after Holland had been colonized by
  the Spanish.
• I think we have to thank
  them!!

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The uses
How they have changed during the years

• The chocolate is very used...it is modelled in
  different
• shapes, especially for recurrences and/or
  holidays.
• Moreover, chocolate is an ingredient of several
  sweets
• ice-creams, cakes, biscuits, puddings and so on.
• The Europeans have added other ingredients, such
  as
• vanilla, sugar, cherries, oranges to correct his
  natural bitterness.
• Anciently, on special occasions, chocolate was
  used
• to honour divinities, offered with incense
• and the blood of the same priests.
• Besides his holy employment, it was and is used
  as a drink.

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Why is it so famous?

• Chocolate is famous for its several
  interpretations.
• In fact a piece of chocolate, can be associated
  to a different picture or it has different
  meanings, like these
• Mystery
• A toy
• Taste and Flavour
• Seduction

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Mystery

• Chocolate was considered overseas population as
  holy drink offered to men by God. In addition
  to being considered precious as the origin of
  wisdom, it was thought to give you strength and
  energy . In spite of this, the first impressions
  among the Europeans were not positive
• but we dont know why!

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The chocolate as a toy

• Usually this type of interpretation is given by
  children. Most of them buy little chocolate-eggs
  only for the surprise they find inside!
• Have you ever wondered why we eat so much
  chocolate during the Easter period?

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Taste and flavour

• A lot of people, when they eat a piece of
  chocolate, are concentrated on its taste.
• But it changes according to people.
• Some feel it bitter, some others sweet.
• Who is right?

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Seduction
TELL ME HOW MUCH CHOCOLATE YOU EAT AND I WILL
TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOU LOVE..

• Chocolate was also used as aphrodisiac and tonic
  to increase lovers sexual desire during their
  intercourses.

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What doctors say...

• Studies and researches have confirmed that
  chocolate produces good benefits for your body,
  especially for your heart. It is an
  anti-depressant and is not true that it can be a
  problem for your teeth. Furthermore, it contains
  a high number of nutrients but it is not a
  component for a diet!

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TYPES OF CHOCOLATE(the most used)

• White Chocolate
• Milk Chocolate
• Plain Chocolate

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The white chocolate...

• White chocolate is made of cocoa butter, milk,
  and sugar. Since white chocolate contains neither
  cocoa solids nor chocolate liquor (cocoa mass),
  it does not meet the standard to be marketed as
  chocolate in many countries. But it has not
  ingredients that can decrease your
  health-problems, studies shows.

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Milk chocolate

• Milk chocolate is chocolate with milk powder or
  condensed milk added. Milk chocolate is the
  best-selling variety of chocolate in the world
  today and it is perfect for children. However the
  addition of milk to create milk chocolate may
  interfere with the absorption of antioxidants.

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Plain chocolate

• Plain chocolate without milk as an additive is
  also called dark chocolate.
• Dark Chocolate is the healthiest type of
  chocolate. Dark chocolate has ingredients that
  lower blood pressure and fight disease. It is a
  potent antioxidant. So if you want to be as
  healthy as is possible, than eat dark chocolate!
  
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THANKS FOR WATCHING!
Federica, Ivanna and Marika