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Monday, 10 November 2025
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
Due to its composition and chemical properties, honey is suitable for long-term storage.
The long storage life of honey is attributed to an enzyme found in the bees’ stomachs. The bees mix ...
Wagyū Beef
Today, Wagyū are successfully bred in Australia, the USA, Canada and the UK.
However, they are not 100% purebred, but only the offspring of animals exported from Japan before 19 ...
Chocolate
Before it is properly pressed, the cocoa mass is matured by heating it and mixing it in special tanks.
Pressing takes place in hydraulic presses. After the fat has been separated, the so-called cocoa cake is then used to make cocoa powder (commonly known as cocoa, which is used to make drinks).
Sushi
Until 1923, sushi was primarily served as street food.
After the 1923 earthquake that struck Japan, owning a restaurant became more accessible due to a rapid drop in property prices, and such estates gained popularity.
Coffee
There are also many ways to brew coffee.
Using machines with a slow flow of hot water under pressure, you can get espresso, latte macchiato, ...
Honey
Bees are one of the few insects that can generate large amounts of heat with their bodies.
Hive bees constantly regulate the temperature of the hive by heating it with their bodies or cooling ...
Wagyū Beef
The highest yield and meat quality grade for Wagyu beef is A5, where A is the yield grade and 5 is the meat quality grade.
The basic criteria for evaluating meat are its marbling, fat content, meat color (it can't be too li ...
Eggs
In biological terms, an egg is one of the developmental stages of a new individual in many animal species.
Eggs are laid by insects, fish, reptile amphibians, birds, and a few mammals, such as the steak beak ...
Wagyū Beef
Since 1997, neither cattle nor their genetic material can be exported outside Japan.
The Japanese government has declared Wagyu a national treasure. Prior to the legislation, some 225 s ...
Maple syrup
The Indigenous peoples from the Northeast of North America were the first to obtain maple syrup.
This happened long before the arrival of Europeans, as evidenced by archaeological sources and tradition.