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Chocolate was first eaten in 1400 BC!! It is believed that the Maya’s & Aztec’s were the first to harvest and consume chocolate
Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties
By the 17th century, chocolate was a fashionable drink throughout Europe
The first modern chocolate bar was produced in 1847
By 1868, a little company called Cadbury was marketing boxes of chocolate candies in England. Milk chocolate hit the market a few years later by Nestle.
On average, each cacao tree produces enough fruit each year to make 1 to 3 pounds of chocolate.
Switzerland is the world’s biggest consumer of chocolate, eating 19.4 pounds per capita.
While big chocolate manufacturers continue to dominate the market, ‘super premium’ chocolate sales are steadily growing year by year.
Despite a booming industry that continues to grow each year, most cacao farmers earn less than $1 per day.
The high demand for chocolate has led to massive amounts of deforestation, particularly in the Ivory Coast, which has lost 80% of its forests over the last 50 years.
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