CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Condensed Milk, White Chocolate, Toblerone

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

Document Summary

Study by the confectionary association of canada: in 1995, 30% of men and 38% of women claimed they preferred chocolate to sex, in quebec, 74% preferred chocolate to sex, in nova scotia, 20% preferred chocolate to sex. There are more than 500 different chemicals in chocolate: including phenylacetic acid, dimethylsulfide, 2-methox-4-methylphenol. Swedish botanist came across the fruit of the cocoa tree: called it theobroma cacao. Theo meaning god in greek, theobroma meaning the food of gods. Aztecs used cocoa or cocoa drinks to satisfy the gods. Make a preparation based on cocoa as a liquid and offer it to the gods in a gold goblet, which could only be used once. Cocoa as difficult to dissolve and incredibly bitter on its own. Aztec term for cocoa is xocotal, meaning bitter: would have to beat the cocoa for long periods of time to get it to disperse in the liquid.