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Monday, 26 January 2026
16 facts about Chocolate
16 facts about Chocolate
A delicacy not only for a sweet tooth
Chocolate is one of the most popular foods and flavors in the world. It was already known 4 thousand years ago. The ancient inhabitants of today's Mex ...

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Kimchi
The word kimchi is so popular in Korea that it is used when taking pictures to make people smile.
Honey
The collected nectar or honeydew is used by the bees as food.
While foraging, bees use some of the collected nectar to support the metabolic activity of the muscl ...
Sushi
Sushi is traditionally eaten with hands.
Most people in Japan do not use chopsticks to eat sushi, but outside Japan eating sushi with hands is not that common.
Cheesecake
Each country bakes cheesecakes specific to that place-there are more than a thousand recipes for this cake around the world.
Different types of cheese and additives are used. For example, New York cheesecake requires the addi ...
French fries
About 7 percent of potatoes grown in the US end up on consumer’s tables in the form of French fries.
Chain restaurants as McDonald’s and Burger King sell 1/3 of all the fries served in American restaurants.
Pizza
The traditional pizza consists of cheese and tomatoes.
Toppings are served on leavened wheat-based dough, baked in a wood-fired oven.
Halva
Most types of halva are relatively thick confectionery sweetened with honey or sugar but of different texture.
There are a great many varieties of halva, including sesame, sunflower, grain, and peanut, for insta ...
Maple syrup
The Native Americans claim that this skill of obtaining maple syrup was accidentally passed on to them by the gods.
Legend has it that the Iroquois’ Chief Woksis threw his tomahawk into a maple tree on a winter day. ...
Mozzarella
There is 288 kcal in 100 grams of buffalo mozzarella.
Cow's milk mozzarella is less caloric, 100 g contains 253 kcal.
Cheddar
Cheese making dates back at least to the 12th century.
From that time, more precisely from 1170, there is a document confirming the purchase of cheese by the court of King Henry II. At that time, 4640 kilograms were ordered.