All you need to know about chocolate

1. By: Delia Barboza
&Yazmin Ruiz
Per.6
Chocolate

2. WHERE DOES CHOCOLATE COME FROM?
• Chocolate comes from a small
tropical tree usually called
“Cacao”.
• Cacao is a Native to Central and
South America but it grew
commercially throughout the
tropics.
• About 70% of the world’s cacao
has been grown in Africa.
• The ridged , football shape pod
, or fruit of the cacao grows
from the branches and oddly
straight out of the trunk.

3. MYTHS ABOUT CHOCOLATE
• Chocolate raises bad cholesterol
• Chocolate is high in caffeine
• The sugar in chocolate causes
hyperactivity
• People with diabetes have to
give up chocolate
• Chocolate causes tooth decay
and cavities
• Chocolate makes you gain
weight
• Chocolate causes acne
MYTHS!!!

4. FACTS ABOUT CHOCOLATE
• Chocolate has anti-
bacterial effect on the
mouth and protect
against tooth decay.
• Eating dark chocolate
every day reduces the
risk of heart disease by
one third.
• It takes approximately
400 cacao beans to make
one pound (450 GR.) of
FACTS!!

5. DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHOCOLATE
• Dark Chocolate
• Milk Chocolate
• White Chocolate
• Bittersweet
chocolate
• Semi-sweet
chocolate
• Bitter
• unsweetened

6. BRANDS OF CHOCOLATE

7. LINKS TO WEBSITES WE USED FOR INFO.
• www.chocolatefacts.com
• www.google.com
• www.mnn.com

8. LINK
• snicker commercial

9. THE END