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Tuesday, 7 July 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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Honey
Mead has been made and consumed since the Middle Ages in Lithuania and Poland.
It is a traditional alcoholic beverage created by fermenting the wort of bee honey, usually lime hon ...
Pizza
Modern pizza has an Italian origin.
It evolved from a flatbread at the end of the 18th century in Naples. Its purpose was for low-income ...
Coffee
One of the most expensive coffees in the world is Kopi Luwak.
In 2013, a kilogram of this coffee cost between $200 and $400. This is because the annual world harv ...
Halva
The composition of a traditional halva depends on the region and the availability of local ingredients.
The original halva consisted of simple ingredients: honey, which was not only a source of sugar but ...
Halva
Soapberry extract (Saponaria officinalis) is used in the production of some grades of halva.
It is used to facilitate the foaming of the caramel mass. Because the plant contains poisonous sapon ...
Eggs
Until recently, there was a belief that eggs were harmful because of the cholesterol they contained.
No scientific studies have confirmed a direct relationship between eating eggs and cholesterol level ...
Chocolate
It contains many valuable minerals and a certain amount of psychoactive substances.
It contains magnesium, potassium, calcium, manganese, copper, zinc, and iron, as well as caffeine, t ...
Parmesan
Each Parmigiano Reggiano cheese disc is worth between 400 and more than 500 euros each.
Depending on the age of the cheese disc, a distinction is made: Giovane (young) - up to 1 year of a ...
Eggs
One of the delicacies of Asian cuisine, mainly Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian, and Chinese, is balut.
These are boiled eggs, usually duck eggs, with the embryo fully formed.
Pizza
The Hawaiian pizza originates in Canada.
The most controversial topping, pineapple, was added by a Greek immigrant, Sam Panopoulos, to a pizza served in his restaurant, Satellite, in Chatham, Canada.