From Coco Beans To Chocolate
By: Lex C.
Introduction
The goryus food chocolate begins in a pod in a tall tree and ends in a hard chocolate bar in the store this is the journey of chocolate.
Farm
The food of the god’s chocolate starts from the cacao pod. That grows on the cacao tree. Then the farmer uses a large knife to cut the pod off the tree. They contained the cacao seeds.
Then they leave the beans to roast in the sun for 3-7 days . Then they are ready to be put in sacks and shipt to the factory to become chocolate.
Factory
When the beans arrive at the factory they have to pass inspection. When they pass they have to a shell cracker it can take up to 2 hours. After that they go to a grinding mill . It can take up to 3 hours. Then they go to mixing station. Put milk in to make milk chocolate and add sugar to make sweetened chocolate. After that they go to a freezer were there moved on platforms for 1-2 days. When they are done they go to a wrapping station were the now sheets of chocolate are cut and wrapped and boxed and ready to be shipped to the store!
Store
When the boxes arrive at the store it is shelved , bot , eaten , cooked , melted , mixed in with foods and more. People use cocoa butter to make chocolate powder in chocolate milk. Brownies chocolate cake and stuff like that!
Fun Facts
Now you know how chocolate is made i will tell you about fun facts did you know chocolate was made about 2,000 years ago? Did you know that the mayans and aztecs made chocolate? Did you know that the original name of chocolate is chocolatito or warm liquid? Did you know that chocolate was a secret for almost 100 years.
Conclusion
Now you know how bean to bar chocolate is made thank you dear cacao for CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!