In our chocolate coating factory at Green Grove we use the luxuriously smooth Belgian style chocolate, and it is organic too. Belgian stye chocolate is very different to common or compound chocolate, in that Belgian style chocolate uses all the cocoa bean rather than substituting other ingredients. The result is a smooth and full flavoured chocolate that is actually good for your health.
Be sure to check out our Factory Tours, see panning of chocolate products, and perhaps the chance to watch some old favourites such as Rocky Road or Freckles being made. In fact, for some school holiday fun, enquire about the Freckle Tour and participate in making your own giant Freckle.
Chocolate IS Good for You, especially when it’s Organic!
To many chocolate is a naughty indulgence, but did you know that chocolate was an ancient health tonic, once described as the “food of the god’s” and prescribed by doctors as a stimulant and a soothing balm.
Aztec Warriors were given chocolate as an energy booster. Kings, noblemen and priests were given chocolate to promote concentration and wisdom.
Montezuma used chocolate as a sexual stimulant and Casanova described chocolate as the “elixir of love”. So what is the truth? Is chocolate naughty or good? Modern research shows that chocolate contains theobromine. The word literally means “God’s drink”, but more importantly theobromine stimulates the kidneys and the central nervous system and boosts the immune system.
A recent study found that theobromine was more affective in treating coughs than codeine. Maybe doctor’s advice should be “Take two chocolates and call me in the morning”. Chocolate also contains magnesium, iron and niacin, which together are involved in releasing energy to the body. Chocolate also contains seratonin an endorphin-type substance that lifts the mood and creates a sense of well being, even euphoria.
Because of this, chocolate can diffuse stress more effectively than any other means.Besides all the research good quality chocolate is still a sumptuously luxurious treat. The pleasure of chocolate is simply unmatched. The smooth texture, the rich smell, the velvet shine and finally the silky seductive taste. More than five hundred flavours to overwhelm our taste buds. Two hundred and fifty percent more flavours than any other food. No wonder we love chocolate. In fact just over 70% of women have serious cravings for chocolate. Chocolate is such a wonderful thing, healthy and pleasurable.
Through history it has been described as liquid gold, blessed money, food of the god’s and the elixir of love. While we promote chocolate as a healthy indulgence, we do not advocate over-indulgence; the secret is to eat better chocolate, not more chocolate.
