World Chocolate Day 2020

World Chocolate Day is observed annually that occurs globally on ‘7th of July. World Chocolate Day seeks to promote the consumption of chocolate. World Chocolate Day being observed on 9th of July have been recorded as early as 2009.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

Chocolate contains antioxidants and can improve your cardiovascular health.

The necessary main ingredient of chocolate is Cacoa which comes from beans from the cacao tree.

It takes roughly 400 cocoa beans to make one pound of Chocolate. Chocolate is the most popular sweet treat in the world.

The trees that Cacoa comes from are known as the Theobroma Cacao. The name means “food of the gods” in Greek. These trees are native to the Amazon and Orinoco river in South America.

Cacao pods from which Cacao seeds come from are typically harvested by hand. This is due to their fragile nature as machines could injure the trees.