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Thursday, 19 February 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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Chocolate
Chocolate is harmful to many animals.
Dogs, cats, horses, and parrots are unable to metabolize the alkaloid theobromine contained in choco ...
Cheesecake
Cheesecake can be baked or prepared cold, without heat treatment.
In addition to cottage cheese, which is the best choice, cheesecake can also be made with cream chee ...
Kimchi
Kimchi was sent into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-12.
Eggs
There are various ways to prepare bird eggs.
We usually eat them fried, boiled, or as an accompaniment to other dishes. In different parts of the ...
Parmesan
There are many Parmesan-type cheeses.
Perhaps the best known is Grana Padano, produced in Lombardy, where "Padano" refers to the Po Valley ...
Beer
Bavaria’s Weihenstephan Abbey is believed to be the oldest continuously operating brewery.
The abbey itself has been in existence since around 720, and from the very beginning, the monks livi ...
Maple syrup
Maple syrup, as a completely natural product, is used as a sweetener but also provides many valuable ingredients for the human body.
It is a source of the following minerals: calcium, potassium, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, iron ...
Tomato juice
Mass production of tomato juice began in the 1920s.
It became a popular dinner drink and within a few years spread beyond the borders of the US.
Maple syrup
In the 17th and 18th centuries, apart from maple syrup, sugar was also produced from maple juice.
In the 19th century, during the Civil War, maple sugar was replaced by cane sugar, which began to do ...
Chocolate
The cocoa nibs, mainly the seeds, are ground into cocoa mass, also known as cocoa crumbs or cocoa liquor.
Cocoa mass produces cocoa butter containing about 55% fat and cocoa powder containing about 25% fat. ...