A brief introduction to chocolate

Chocolate (also translated as chocolate) is native to Central and South America, and its originator is "xocolatl", which means "bitter water". Its main raw material, cocoa beans, is produced in the narrow strip within the equator latitude 18. When making drinks, it is often called "hot chocolate" or cocoa.

Chocolate is a sweet food made of cocoa paste and cocoa butter as the main raw materials. It not only tastes delicate and sweet, but also has a strong aroma. Chocolate can be eaten directly, and can also be used to make cakes, ice cream and so on. On romantic Valentine's Day, it is an indispensable protagonist to express love.

Second, the chocolate processing process

After the cocoa beans are dried and stored, they are purchased by the chocolate raw material factory, and the processing process begins. It can be roughly divided into baking, crushing, blending and grinding, refining, deacidifying, tempering mold and other steps.

After the cocoa beans are crushed, the Cocoa butter in the bean kernels flows out into a thick paste, which is mostly used for medical and beauty purposes. The rest of the cocoa residue is rolled to become the cocoa mass, the raw material of chocolate. After blending and grinding, chocolate began to be bitter and sweet, milk and so on.

Chocolate-rich countries

I Belgium

In 1983, Belgium established the brand of Hammi chocolate, and devoted itself to presenting the best Hatton chocolate in Belgium to the world. 85% of the products are exported to more than 60 countries around the world, and the product categories are: elegant comprehensive chocolate, 12 constellation heart-shaped chocolate, black truffle chocolate and finger-sucking aftertaste.

Founded by Guy and Liliane Foubert 30 years ago, it is currently the largest box chocolate manufacturer in Belgium, producing 75 tons of high-quality chocolate every day and selling it to 132 countries around the world. Gillian is a chocolate brand awarded a gold medal by the Belgian royal family. It is known as the "supreme in the chocolate kingdom".

Second, Switzerland

Besides clocks and sabers, there is also a famous thing in Switzerland, that is chocolate. There are many kinds of chocolates in Switzerland, which are most suitable as gifts. Milk chocolate was invented in Switzerland.

Because it is very difficult to adjust the temperature of milk, although a lot of research has been done all over Europe, it has not been successful. Later, Swiss Daniil Peter invented the production method in 1875. /kloc-At the beginning of the 0/9th century, chocolate was just an exotic product for the Swiss.

However, two centuries later, Switzerland has become the chocolate kingdom in the eyes of the world. The main reason is that the Swiss, who are good at innovation, have perfected the production method of chocolate again and again, and made chocolate change from expensive luxury goods to mass consumer goods.