Chocolate originally came from the cocoa beans, the fruit of the wild cacao tree in the tropical rainforests of Central America. More than 1,300 years ago, the Yokotan Mayan Indians made a drink called chocolate from roasted cocoa beans. Early chocolate was a greasy drink. Because fried cocoa beans contained more than 50% oil, people began to add flour and other starchy substances to the drink to reduce its greasiness.     The Spanish explorer Hernán Cortes discovered in Mexico in the early 16th century that the local Aztec king drank a drink made from cocoa beans, water and spices. After tasting it, Cortes brought it back in 1528 Spain and planted cacao trees on a small island in West Africa. The Spanish ground cocoa beans into powder, added water and sugar to it, and heated it to make a drink called "chocolate", which was very popular among...

  In order to facilitate the mixing operation of raw materials and adapt the raw materials to the requirements of the production process, the raw materials are generally pretreated before feeding and mixing.   (1) Pretreatment of cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, and cocoa butter substituteCocoa liquor, cocoa butter, and cocoa butter substitute are in solid state at room temperature and need to be melted before feeding, and then mixed and finely ground. The temperature after melting generally cannot exceed 60°C. In order to speed up the melting speed of the raw materials and shorten the melting time, the large pieces can be divided into small pieces and then put into the heating equipment for melting.    (2)Pretreatment of sugar All kinds of chocolate use granulated sugar as the basic raw material, and the general content is about 50%. Usually the crystallized ...

  Chocolate originally came from the cocoa beans, the fruit of the wild cacao tree in the tropical rainforests of Central America. More than 1,300 years ago, the Yokotan Mayan Indians made a drink called chocolate from roasted cocoa beans. Early chocolate was a greasy drink. Because fried cocoa beans contained more than 50% oil, people began to add flour and other starchy substances to the drink to reduce its greasiness.     The Spanish explorer Hernán Cortes discovered in Mexico in the early 16th century that the local Aztec king drank a drink made from cocoa beans, water and spices. After tasting it, Cortes brought it back in 1528 Spain and planted cacao trees on a small island in West Africa. The Spanish ground cocoa beans into powder, added water and sugar to it, and heated it to make a drink called "chocolate", which was very popular among...