Today while I was reading I came across a very interesting fact that I wanted to share with you: every ten years or so, a typical adult eats their own by weight in chocolate. Fascinating right? For those who finding I hard to believe I swear that this is absolutely true. The typical chocolate consumption ranges from about 5kg a year in the United States to 9.5kg a year in Switzerland. But the real question is what makes us eat chocolate so much? And more importantly what is chocolate? Chocolate is one of the most popular sweet of all time! It is a food derived from the beans of the tropical cacao tree. The majority of it is grown in western Africa where high temperatures and rainfall provide the perfect growing conditions. The chocolate we eat is produced from cacao beans and is a result of a multi-stage process. The […]