MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain will ban ads aimed at kids for high-sugar foods and drinks like choclate bars and soda in a bid to slow a growing obesity epidemic, an official said Thursday. The ban, which will come into effect in 2022, will target advertisements on television, radio, online outlets and mobile apps peddling content for under 16s, Consumer Affairs Minister Alberto Garzon told reporters. “Minors are vulnerable consumers and it is our duty […]
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World’s largest Nutella factory reopens after ‘quality defect’
CAEN, France (AFP) — The world’s largest Nutella factory restarted production on Monday after it stopped work for five days as a precautionary measure over a “quality defect”, owner Ferrero’s French branch said. The factory in Normandy, France stopped making the chocolate-and-hazelnut spread due to a “suspected quality defect strictly limited to the production stage,” Ferrero France’s communications service told AFP. It added that the problem was “very early in the process, at the stage […]
Barry Callebaut unveils ‘fourth flavor’ of chocolate: the Ruby
SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) — Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut on Tuesday (September 5) unveiled what it calls the ‘fourth type’ of chocolate, after milk, dark and white — ruby. At a media event in China’s eastern economic hub of Shanghai, Barry Callebaut CEO Antoine de Saint-Afrique said the new type of chocolate, of a dark pink hue, is made from the Ruby bean and tested successfully on the Chinese market. To create it, neither berries, artificial […]
Lebanon hair salon uses chocolate to treat hair
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) — An unusual new hair treatment is being used in a Lebanon hair salon in an attempt to move away from chemical masks. At the Abed & Samer beauty salon in Beirut, hairdressers are applying chocolate to renew damaged hair. “A woman would come from the beach with her hair damaged, we tried to come up with a treatment with no chemicals and we found out chocolate is very good. It covers […]
Inside New York’s first chocolate museum
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The sweet history of chocolate is assembled in New York’s first chocolate museum founded by famed pastry chef and chocolatier, Jacques Torres. For Torres, the museum is an opportunity to share his passion with others. “I love to transfer the love that I have for chocolate and the knowledge that I have for chocolates to whoever wants to learn about it. So museum makes the perfect sense to bring […]
Chocolate
Cocoa arrived in Madagascar in the 1900s and is still a low-volume export yet the country’s cocoa pods are destined to become some of the most expensive chocolate in the world. https://youtu.be/O7rPuK4rBpU
And the fandom of the year is…
QUEZON City, Philippines (December 20) – Fandom. From the word itself we get the meaning. It is a collective of fans sharing the same interests, gathering together to enthusiastically celebrate the same through cosplaying, writing fan fictions, maintaining fandom wikis and others. Due to the power of the internet, no interest – be it books, movies, TV shows, memes, what-have-you – no matter how obscure – can go unnoticed. And fans from around the world […]
Nestle discovers low-sugar chocolate
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Nestle has said it has discovered a way to cut the amount of sugar that goes into its Kit Kat, Butterfinger and other candy bars, but without affecting the taste. The Swiss food giant’s scientists say a breakthrough will allow the company to cut sugar content by up to 40 percent. Sweetness of chocolate and other confectionery products will be unchanged. “Our scientists have discovered a completely new way to use […]
