Chocolate And The Industrial Revolution

There is a high bargaining power of suppliers because of the need of the key ingredients required for chocolate manufacturing and limited number of suppliers for this industry. Since cocoa trees require tropical climate, it forces the main producers in the west to import them from countries in West Africa or other hot places

Thematic Essay In this book, The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, a boy named Jerry Renault, the protagonist, tries to go against the whole school by refusing to sell chocolates that are required to be sold. However, Renault faces consequences as he is confronted with bullying and abuse from Archie and the Vigils. Jerry felt the pain that happens when he tried to “disturb the universe.” Bothering the natural order in a school can hurt you,

Making a discovery is all about taking risks. But when it comes to making mistakes, that's a different story. Mistakes don't always lead to discoveries, but rather disaster. Success will come out sometimes, though, making discovery a job of risk and reward or safety and reward.

I entered the word chocolate to European languages via the Spanish language, which spread to the world. I do not know how entered the word Chocolate into Spanish, but the majority of opinions suggest that the word is derived from the language of Nahuatl, which was used in the civilization of the Aztecs, and so the word chocolātl Chokoalatl, which several sources indicate that they can be derived from xocolātl Chokoalatl (ʃokolaːtɬ) , which combines the sense of the word xócoc over, and the sense among ātl water or

The Ivory Coast is on the west coast of africa and was a French colony. When the Spanish started colonizing latin america they were introduced to the world of chocolate. (background essay) When the Spanish brought this sweet treat back, Europe fell in love with it. The French colonized the western coast of Africa and started to grow the chocolate there because it was closer to Europe. Although chocolate is good for the Ivory Coast's economy it has severe negative side effects to the land and people around the area. The production of chocolate is ruining the environment, causing illegal and dangerous child labor, and the workers are not getting paid well enough for the work they do.

A tradition is known to be a spread of rituals or beliefs passed from generation to generation that can vary from family to family. Traditions are meant to not lose the culture within oneself but while at it, a tradition can interfere with personal interactions. Not all traditions are worth keeping when one's satisfaction is taken away. For example, in the book “Like Water for Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel, it can be noticed how traditions can go as far to an extent.

As stated in the description of the Conche activity: 1.400kg of semisweet chocolate contains 850kg of nibs, in other words, 1kg of semi sweet chocolate  850/1400=0,6071kg of nibs

For over one hundred years, there has been only one company that has been on top of the candy industry in North America; Hershey. With over 14,000 employees, serving 70 countries worldwide and net sales of $6.6 billon, Hershey has come out on top. The Hershey company began in 1894 by Milton Hershey. The company has over 8 factories, but their main headquarters resides in Pennsylvania. The beloved Hershey milk chocolate bar has been a favorite by many, but would it still be if more people knew how it came to be that? One of chocolates main ingredients is cocoa. Cocoa, or cocoa beans come from tropical areas around the world, but is mostly found on the Ivory Coast in West Africa. Hershey, along with Mars and Nestle are the three major companies that buy their cocoa from West Africa, but with further investigation, it has been known that over 4,400 children work on those cocoa farms that they buy from.

Capital punishment is a very divisive topic in the United States and also in our home state of West Virginia. This is a topic that sparks passion within people about the equality and effectiveness of the American Judicial system. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion about this topic but the throbbing question that lingers in the air is that is it morally right? Capital punishment also known as the death penalty is the brutal ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime which might be murder or treason. The amounts of problems associated with capital punishment are massive, ranging from the innocent dying for a crime he/she never committed to racism, and the only way to resolve these problems is to eliminate

When the large pods are harvested, they are picked green. The growers then go through an extensive process to develop the flavor and fragrance characteristic to vanilla. According to the article “Vanilla! It’s Everywhere!” written by Gail Kay Haines, “they [the pods] must be ‘killed’ in hot water, ‘sweated’ in the sun, dried in the shade, and ‘conditioned’ in a closed box until they turn brown”. Furthermore, the overall development of harvesting natural-grown vanilla and selling it to the market may take nearly five years. On the other hand, though, the creation of chocolate does not take nearly as long as vanilla. The article “The Sweet History of Chocolate” written by Christopher Klein stated that in 1828, a Dutch chemist by the name of Coenraad Johannes van Houten had constructed and invented the Cocoa Press which had the ability of creating chocolate efficient and definitely not a lengthy process like the creation of vanilla. To make the creamy ingredient, “the cocoa press could squeeze the fatty cocoa butter from roasted cacao beans, leaving behind a dry cake that could be pulverized into a fine powder that could be mixed with liquids and other ingredients, poured into molds and solidified into edible, easily digestible chocolate” (Klein). The modern way of growing and producing chocolate has made it affordable for everyone, while growing natural vanilla is considerably a much more expensive

From the standpoint of the original Hershey milk chocolate bar, Milton Hershey is the original creator of developing an efficient chocolate manufacturing process during the late 1800s. Milton Hershey developed a method to produce chocolate that tasted delicious, could be created in bulk, and sold to consumers at competitively affordable price. This process begins with obtaining ingredients used to create a chocolate base. Though Hershey’s main factory is in Pennsylvania, the cacao bean is the main ingredient used that needs to be imported outside of the United States. The cacao beans from cacao trees only thrive in tropical climates. These trees grow in tropical rain forests of Brazil and Indonesia. Once the trees produce a significant amount of cacao beans, Hershey hires farmers to pick the cacao beans off of trees. When

From the perspective of Utilitarianism, child slavery contributes the economics position of thecountry. As I know, the economic situation of the country is bad, they are one of the thirdworld countries. What is more, cocoa beans prices decreased in the year 1996 - 2000. So,farmers want to reduce the cost of production with cutting the wages and using slavery.According to Utilitarianism, the “right” action or policy is the one that will produce thegreatest net benefits or the lowest net costs. From that point, they reduce costs, and maximizetheir net benefits from child slavery. The major difficulty with Utilitarianism is that it isunable to deal with rights and justice. For instance, from the point of social justice, it is clear that

When the cocoa beans arrive at the factory they are processed into the cocoa products that can be used in manufacturing chocolate. These include cocoa liquor, cocoa butter and cocoa powder. Most processing occurs away from the countries where cocoa is grown because it is more efficient to process and manufacture the products close to where they will be consumed.. What happens during processing has a direct effect on the flavor and qualities of the resulting chocolate.The taste and texture of a particular chocolate product depends on the each recipie , which remains a guarded secret of the company. Mars uses different types and proportions of cocoa liquor, cocoa butter and other ingredients such as milk and sugar to make their products consistent with the brand.

“The Dark Side of Chocolate” is a documentary that explores the underlying issues prevalent in the cocoa trade. For most first world countries chocolate is seen as an accessible treat, however in third world countries, the production of cocoa creates social issues that must be eliminated. Cocoa trade is one of the largest industries in West African countries, but the issues that arise from such trade do more harm than good. The cocoa plantations are trafficking humans to work on their plantations. Furthermore, most instances suggest that these workers do not receive any compensation for their work and most importantly some of these slave laborers are children. Thus, the three issues that the cocoa companies routinely commit in exchange for lower costs are human trafficking, slave labor, and child labor. These companies are aware of such issues but refuse to actively combat them because they are better off financially. It can be argued that these issues can be mitigated through various social, governmental and political policies aimed at combating these problems. The three main issues will be addressed and the various stakeholders affected by these issues will be analyzed. Then this paper will look at the possible solutions to these issues, whereby through government, social or political means.

Research has proved that humans have been consuming cocoa for over 2600 years from once upon a time being used as currency to becoming serious pirate loot to being the key ingredient along with sugar in producing chocolate today.