Chocolate Week

11th-17th October 2010

The Chocolate Week Blog

Great Taste Awards announced - chocolate winners

Tuesday 18th August

The Great Taste Award winners have been announced and we’re delighted to see that a lot of our Chocolate Week participants have won awards. Over 5000 products were submitted this year and judged by a panel of hundreds of independent judges; top chefs, food writers and retail buyers - we were also invited to join this esteemed crowd and judged a plethora of product from christmas puddings to pork pies. From over 5000 products just 83 were awarded the highest accolade, 3 gold stars and just…

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article on the cultural history of chocolate

Tuesday 18th August

HeartCacao…Nectar Of The Gods: The Cultural History Of Chocolate http://bit.ly/14wUH0 #lp

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Chocolate cuts death rate in heart attack survivors

Thursday 13th August

There’s often news about the health benefits of chocolate and it’s important to distinguish between a good quality dark chocolate which seems to offer a wealth of health benefits and the a lower grade sugary confection with lots of artificial fats in it. This study recently out:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090813/hl_afp/healthdiseaseheartchocolate

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