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Slide1: Facts and Fiction
by
Howard and Sally Peters Death by Chocolate
(Food of the Gods)
Slide3: HISTORY FROM THE MAYAN AND AZTEC CULTURES TO 1800 MODERN HISTORY:
1800 TO THE PRESTENT CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY:
THEOBROMA COCOA
Slide4: HEALTH ASPECTS OF CHOCOLATE RECENT PUBLICATIONS “THE EMPERORS OF CHOCOLATE” TRIVIA ABOUT CHOCOLATE SAMPLES AND TASTE TESTING
Slide5: GUITTARD CHOCOLATE BAR (10 LBS.) Free Raffle!
Slide6: ANCIENT HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE 1500 CORTEZ - MEXICO MAYAN OLMEC AZTEC 1600 TRADE SECRETS SPAIN
Slide7: ANCIENT HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE
Slide12: PROCESSING COCOA BEAN TO CHOCOLATE BAR HARVESTING GROWING FERMENTING
Slide13: DRYING GRINDING PROCESSING ROASTING NIBS REMOVAL OF FAT POWDERING
Slide14: WHITE MILK NIBS SEMI-SWEET BITTER SWEET
Slide15: HISTORY
Slide16: 1700 - 1800 DUTCH FRENCH SWISS GERMAN BELGIAN ENGLISH AMERICAN COLONIES
Slide17: THEOBROMINE 3,7-Dimethylxanthine
Slide18: THEOBROMINE CHEMICAL MAKE-UP Chemical Name: 3,7-Dimethyl-Zanthine,2,6-Dihydroxy-3,7-Dimethyl-Purine
Appearance: Very fine white powder
Freezing / Melting Point: 563-568 K
Solubility: Slightly Soluble
Molecular Formular: C7H8N4O2
Molecular Weight: 180.17 g mol-1
Chemical Stability: Stable under normal temperatures and pressures
Hazardous Decomposition Products: Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Monoxide, Irritating and Toxic fumes and gases, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen
IARC: Group 3 Carcinogen
Slide19: CAFFEINE
Slide20: CAFFEINE THEOBROMINE
Slide21: BETA PHENETHYLAMINE
Slide22: SERATONIN TRYPTOPHAN
Slide23: CATACHIN
Slide24: RESOURCES AVAILABLE Internet Google (11,600,000+ Hits) Books Films Word of Mouth Taste Test
Slide25: Trivia Lady Godiva Milton Hershey Forrest Mars Russell Stover See’s E.T.
Slide29: 1800 TO PRESENT NESTLE www.nestle.com LINDT www.lindt.com GODIVA www.godiva.com HERSHEY www.hershey.com RUSSELL STOVER www.russellstover.com MARS www.mars.com
Slide30: SEE’S GHARIDELLI GUITTARD JOSEPH SCHMIDT SCHARFFENBERGER www.sees.com www.gharidelli.com www.guittard.com www.jschmidtconfections.com www.scharffenberger.com
Slide34: Lady Margaret Thatcher
Slide37: Milton Hershey ca. 1887
Slide38: Milton Hershey 1932
Slide40: Domingo Ghirardelli
Slide41: Via Magazine Jan/Feb 2003 p.61-62
Slide42: Via Magazine Jan/Feb 2003 p.61-62
Slide47: Percy L. Spencer Inventor of the Microwave Oven
Slide49: The Grand Girls Megan and Kayleigh
Slide50: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS American Chemical Society
Santa Clara Valley Local Section
Division of Chemistry and the Law
Dr. James Walsh / ACS Tampa Bay
Dr. Joseph Vinson / U. Scranton
Scharffengerger
Hershey
Jason Garroute, A Taste of Chocolate
Daeron Katz / Silent Planet Productions