1. Facts and Fiction
by
Howard and Sally Peters
Death by
Chocolate
(Food of the Gods)

3. HISTORY FROM THE
MAYAN AND AZTEC
CULTURES TO 1800
MODERN HISTORY:
1800 TO THE PRESTENT
CHEMISTRY AND
BIOCHEMISTRY:
THEOBROMA COCOA

4. HEALTH ASPECTS
OF CHOCOLATE
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
“THE EMPERORS OF
CHOCOLATE”
TRIVIA ABOUT
CHOCOLATE
SAMPLES AND
TASTE TESTING

5. GUITTARD CHOCOLATE
BAR (10 LBS.)
Free Raffle!

6. ANCIENT HISTORY
OF CHOCOLATE
1500 CORTEZ - MEXICO
MAYAN
OLMEC
AZTEC
1600 TRADE SECRETS SPAIN

7. ANCIENT
HISTORY OF
CHOCOLATE

12. PROCESSING COCOA BEAN
TO CHOCOLATE BAR
HARVESTING
GROWING
FERMENTING

13. DRYING
GRINDING
PROCESSING
ROASTING
NIBS
REMOVAL OF FAT
POWDERING

14. WHITE
MILK
NIBS
SEMI-SWEET
BITTER SWEET

15. HISTORY

16. 1700 - 1800
DUTCH
FRENCH
SWISS
GERMAN
BELGIAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN COLONIES

17. THEOBROMINE
3,7-Dimethylxanthine

18. THEOBROMINE CHEMICAL MAKE-UP
 Chemical Name: 3,7-Dimethyl-Zanthine,2,6-Dihydroxy-3,7-Dimethyl-
Purine
 Appearance: Very fine white powder
 Freezing / Melting Point: 563-568 K
 Solubility: Slightly Soluble
 Molecular Formular: C7H8N4O2
 Molecular Weight: 180.17 g mol-1
 Chemical Stability: Stable under normal temperatures and pressures
 Hazardous Decomposition Products: Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon
Monoxide, Irritating and Toxic fumes and gases, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen
 IARC: Group 3 Carcinogen

19. CAFFEINE

20. CAFFEINETHEOBROMINE

21. BETA PHENETHYLAMINE

22. SERATONINTRYPTOPHAN

23. CATACHIN

24. RESOURCES AVAILABLE
Internet
Google (11,600,000+ Hits)
Books
Films
Word of Mouth
Taste Test

25. Trivia
Lady Godiva
Milton Hershey
Forrest Mars
Russell Stover
See’s
E.T.

29. 1800 TO PRESENT
NESTLE
www.nestle.com
LINDT
www.lindt.com
GODIVA
www.godiva.com
HERSHEY
www.hershey.com
RUSSELL STOVER
www.russellstover.com
MARS
www.mars.com

30. SEE’S
GHARIDELLI
GUITTARD
JOSEPH SCHMIDT
SCHARFFENBERGER
www.sees.com
www.gharidelli.com
www.guittard.com
www.jschmidtconfections.com
www.scharffenberger.com

34. Lady Margaret Thatcher

37. Milton Hershey ca. 1887

38. Milton Hershey 1932

40. Domingo Ghirardelli

41. Via Magazine
Jan/Feb 2003 p.61-62

42. Via Magazine
Jan/Feb 2003 p.61-62

47. Percy L. Spencer
Inventor of the Microwave Oven

49. The Grand Girls
Megan and Kayleigh

50. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 American Chemical Society
 Santa Clara Valley Local Section
 Division of Chemistry and the Law
 Dr. James Walsh / ACS Tampa Bay
 Dr. Joseph Vinson / U. Scranton
 Scharffengerger
 Hershey
 Jason Garroute, A Taste of Chocolate
 Daeron Katz / Silent Planet Productions