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Re: Fun facts about chocolate
Posted By: Brunnen-G, on host 202.27.180.160
Date: Sunday, August 26, 2001, at 20:08:15
In Reply To: Chocolate (Re: That's it.) posted by Christopher on Sunday, August 26, 2001, at 12:16:16:

> The European Union, for a few years, refused to call Cadbury's chocolate "chocolate" because, according to them, it wasn't chocolate (continental chocolate is practically pure cocoa).
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> I'm not sure about the situation in the States, but it could be related to this. Then again, I could be talking gibberish.

I looked up the NZ website for Cadbury's to see whether it could throw any light on the issue. However, before I could find out, I got distracted by this page of interesting events in the history of chocolate.

Brunnen-"you know you wanted to ask these questions"G


Link: 400 cocoa beans = 1 zontli, 8000 = 1 xiquipilli