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Biggest Hazelnut Users

Over a Quarter of the Global Hazelnut Production is Bought by an Italian Company to Make Nutella.

Ferrero must produce a large amount of Nutella to meet the high demand that exists throughout the world. A jar of the stuff is reportedly sold every 2.5 seconds, and with the total number of jars sold annually, you could circle the earth 1.8 times, which would make for one tasty planet. Ferrero manufactures more […]

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White Day Tradition

On White Day, Boys in Japan Buy Gifts to Give Back to the Girls Who Bought Them Gifts on Valentine’s Day.

Valentine’s Day is widely recognized in the West as a chance to declare your love for that particular person in your life and show them how much you care by giving them gifts or making plans to go on the ideal date. Typically, the man is expected to do all the work and buy their

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Are Chocolates Getting Smaller and More Expensive?

Chocolate comes from roasted and ground cacao pods and is turned into the solid-formed sweet that we all know and love. But over the years, consumers have noticed the change in the size and prices of chocolate. Are chocolates getting more expensive? Between 2014 and 2018, the BBC examined 19 chocolate items and discovered that

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Hershey’s once developed a chocolate bar for the US Army that would remain solid up to 49C (120F) and was poison gas proof but was also very bitter to prevent soldiers from eating it unless in an emergency. Troops called it “Hitler’s Secret Weapon” because of what it would do to their bowels.

Military chocolate (United States) The first emergency chocolate ration bar commissioned by the United States Army was the Ration D, commonly known as the D ration. Army Quartermaster Colonel Paul Logan approached Hershey’s Chocolate in April 1937, and met with William Murrie, the company president, and Sam Hinkle, the chief chemist. Milton Hershey was extremely

Hershey’s once developed a chocolate bar for the US Army that would remain solid up to 49C (120F) and was poison gas proof but was also very bitter to prevent soldiers from eating it unless in an emergency. Troops called it “Hitler’s Secret Weapon” because of what it would do to their bowels. Read More »