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Milk chocolate, dairy and fatty foods tied to acne in adults
Are you plagued by acne even though you’re way past puberty? A new report might have you avoiding certain foods. The study of more than 24,000 French adults found that sweet and greasy fare — especially milk chocolate, sweetened drinks, dairy products, and sugary or fatty foods —...Read more -
A chocolate-making robot is coming to your kitchen counter
In 2013 serial entrepreneur Nate Saal was at a chocolate tasting in Palo Alto, California, when it dawned on him that chocolate — like coffee, the other beloved “bean” from the equator — is something consumers could be making for themselves at home. On the spot, he hatched the idea th...Read more -
Chocolate milk vs. protein shake: Which is better after a workout?
You’ve made it your mission to get fit, and you’re finally following through on it. You’ve got the time, energy and know-how to work out, but there’s only one problem — you’re spending a fortune on protein powder. Supplements like protein powder are often marke...Read more -
Mexico Chocolate Factory
Simply pass through a huge steam machine making chocolate and you will find yourself on a traditional cocoa plantation in Mexico. The educational and entertaining Chocolate Experience Center, which takes visitors through the process of creating chocolate from plant to completed product, is now op...Read more -
Black Chocolatier Tired of Being Fired Created His Own Chocolate Company & Hired Himself
Getting laid off from a job can be stressful and discouraging, especially when you are a Black man in America dealing with systematic racism. Some people decide to use this time of stress and inequality as an opportunity to create an even better life for themselves and their families by starting ...Read more -
CT Chocolate Trail includes stops in Meriden, Wallingford
MERIDEN â Walking into Thompson Chocolateâs Factory Store, you are immediately hit with the overwhelming smell of chocolate. The store, tucked in a residential section of the city at 80 S. Vine St., is just one of the stops on the Connecticut Office of Tourismâs Chocolate Trail this year. T...Read more -
What I’ve learned from a year at the (chocolate) coalface | Food
It’s been a smidge over a year that I’ve been writing about chocolate and this is what I’ve learned: 1. The chocolate world is full of lovely people, but it can also be bitchier than the world of fashion (in which I worked for more than a decade). I once spent a week visiting chocolatiers and man...Read more -
The Best Chocolate in San Francisco, Past to Present
From miners seeking gold to makers refining beans, our local chocolate has a rich history — plus, where to find the sweetest gifts today If you trek all the way down to Ghirardelli Square, which of course locals rarely do, and get into that long line of tourists, you can smell it — chocolate in t...Read more -
COVID-19 hits Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory’s bottom line
Profits at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory decreased by 53.8% for its fiscal year 2020 to $1 million and the rocky road for the chocolatier does not appear to be getting easier as COVID-19 restrictions limit sales and increases costs. “We have experienced business disruptions resulting from effo...Read more -
Hershey’s Chocolate World reopens with new coronavirus safeguards: Here’s our first look
On any given day during the summer, it would normally be common to find large crowds throughout the gift shop, cafeteria and attractions at Hershey’s Chocolate World. The venue has served as the official visitor center for The Hershey Company since 1973, according to Suzanne Jones, vice president...Read more -
‘It’s not candy — it’s chocolate’
Chocolatier Pete Hoepfner has a nickname: “the candy man.” Some confectioners would find this nickname flattering. Hoepfner doesn’t. As proprietor of Pete’s Treats, chocolate truffles are Hoepfner’s specialty. Like the round fungus after which they’re named, truffles require a surprisingly long t...Read more -
White Chocolate Market: Maintaining a Strong Sales Outlook
The Latest research study released by HTF MI “Global and China White Chocolate Market” with 100+ pages of analysis on business Strategy taken up by key and emerging industry players and delivers know how of the current market development, landscape, technologies, drivers, opportunities, market vi...Read more