Chocolate /ˈtʃɒkᵊlɨt/ is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC. The majority of the Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages, including the Aztecs, who made it into a beverage known as xocolātl, a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water". The seeds of the cacao tre...
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Organizations in this industry:
- Vermont Nut Free Chocolates ,
- Tcho ,
- Cadbury's Chocolate Factory, Tasmania ,
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory ,
- Pearson's Candy Company ,
- Zotter ,
- Cocomaya chocolatiers
Energy per 100g:
- 2,239 kJ (1.397E+19 MeV )
Also known as:
- Candies, milk chocolate
