Fun facts you should know about chocolate

Chocolate is a food product known and consumed throughout the world. In fact, it can be said with almost certainty that more than 90% of the world's population is a chocolate lover . However, despite its fame, few people know these curious facts about chocolate that we are going to present to you below.

10 fun facts about chocolate

1. Chocolate has many science-proven health benefits. The most surprising of them is that the simple act of smelling chocolate is enough to stimulate the brain and make you feel more relaxed.
2. White chocolate does not exist naturally; It is made with condensed milk and sugar that includes cocoa butter but does not actually have cocoa paste.
3. To make chocolate you need a lot of cocoa beans. For example, to make a pound of chocolate, you have to collect about 400 seeds from the tree.
4. The Hershey’s Chocolate Company produces 80 million of its famous Chocolate Kisses per day.
5. During the 17th century, the Catholic Church declared that the consumption of chocolate was considered blasphemy and extortion that was related to witchcraft and seduction.
6. The Mayan Indians valued cocoa so much that it was used as a bargaining chip.
7. Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover cocoa, after his arrival in Honduras in 1502.
8. Chocolate melts at 34 degrees Celsius, our body temperature. That is why it melts when we put it in our mouth.
9. Every year the Euro Chocolate is held in Perugia, an Italian festival in which chocolate sculptures are made and many events related to it.
10. The day of the year when chocolate is given the most and consumed is February 14, that is, Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day.