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| 1828 The Dutchman Coenraad Van Houten established a very important | ||
| invention that would have an impact on the rest of the history of cocoa and chocolate: the cocoa press. This press makes it possible to separate cocoa solids from cocoa butter. In fact, with this innovation Van Houten was the first to establish a defatted cocoa powder that becomes much easier to dissolve in water or liquids. | ||
| 1839 The German baker Stollwerck started a business which grew to become one | ||
| of the major companies in Germany, producing a variety of chocolate products and brands for all levels of chocolate | ||
| 1840 The first pressed chocolate tablets, pastilles and figures are produced in | ||
| Belgium by the chocolate company Berwaerts. | ||
| 1857 The Swiss in Africa | ||
| Under the encouragement of the Portuguese Baron of Agua Ize, the culti- vation of cocoa passes from Principe on the neighbouring island of Sao Thome, and from there to the African continent. In Ghana, the members of the Basle Mission promote it successfully. Surprisingly quickly, the many small and medium farmers develop the country into one of the most important producers. | ||
| 1865 Chocolate was first mixed with hazelnut paste in Italy: the first gianduja was | ||
| born. It became a very popular recipe that
even led to the major success of "gianduietti", small bonbons
of pure gianduja.
Henri Nestlé found a way to evaporate the liquid from milk and create milk powder this way. A perfect invention that would rapidly lead to the creation of the first milk chocolate tablets in Switzerland. It made them famous then and still does today! Halfway through the 18th century, chocolate in solid form still had a grainy, rough texture, far from the smooth, refined chocolate we know today. It was Fry again who refined the production process and so produced a finer, more homogenous chocolate dough. The quality of solid chocolate was improved by this in a major way and this would inspire the Fry's to create their first chocolate bar. |
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