chocolate

When you think of food that is good for you, chocolate is generally pretty low on the list. But now one candy company has good news for your health and your sweet tooth.

Barry Callebaut, the world’s largest chocolate maker says they have developed a candy bar that can fight wrinkles and slow the aging process. Studies carried out by the company show eating 20 grams of the specially developed treat can boost elasticity and improve hydration in your skin.

Chocolate contains flavonols, which can slow down damage caused by free radicals like pollution, smoking and caffeine. And the Swiss company has found a way to preserve more of the flavonols during the chocolate making process.  read more »

In this changing economy it pays to go green and now it might even taste good too.

Lola is a Formula Three racing car developed by students at the University of Warwick in Britain. The car has a top speed of 135 mph and can race from zero to sixty in 2.5 seconds. Under the hood is a 2.0 liter BMW engine, and in the gas tank is leftover chocolate, carrots, potato starch and flax.

Lola also features a radiator that converts ozone back to oxygen and brake pads made from cashews are being developed. One of the car’s designers, Kerry Kirwan says Lola uses materials that would otherwise have ended up in a landfill. Kirwan says the car lets people engage with recycling without the finger wagging.  read more »

Have you ever wanted to take a bite out of the Great Wall of China? What if it was made of chocolate?

Chinese chocolatier Wang Qilu has built a thirty three foot long replica of the Great Wall entirely out of dark and white chocolate. The creation even features a minature army of five hundred and sixty chocolate Terracotta Warriors standing at attention on a layer of chocolate flakes.  read more »