The reason that melts in our mouths and several more information
Chocolate offers young and old great taste pleasure. There are some things, however, that people do not know.
- The smell of chocolate affects the brain in such a way that it causes relaxation.
- It takes about 400 cocoa beans to make 450 grams of chocolate.
- Every second, Americans eat a total of 100 kilograms of chocolate.
- The largest chocolate bar made in the world weighed 5.792 kg.
- Eating dark chocolate daily reduces the risk of heart disease by a third.
- Chocolate has antibacterial action in the mouth.
- In 2013, a limited edition of chocolate stamps was released in Belgium.
- Belgium produces 220.000 tonnes of chocolate a year.
- Chocolate is the only food that can melt at around 34 degrees Celsius, just below the temperature of the human body. That's why chocolate melts in your mouth.
- Chocolate can be deadly to cats.