Download The Chemistry of Chocolate

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History
How It is Made
Organic Compounds in Chocolate
Health Benefits
Fun Facts
Written Assignment
History
 Mesoamericas
 200 BC
 Currency
 1519
 Hernán Cortés
How Chocolate is
Made
 Theobroma cocoa
 Greek
 Theos= god ; broma =
food (“Food of the
Gods”)
 Natively found in
Central and South
America
 Cultivation
 Ivory Coast
• Seeds = beans
• Pulp
Opened Cocoa pod
• Roasting
• Aroma
• Flavor
• Cocoa “nibs” ground
Roasting Cocoa seeds
• Chocolate Liquor
• Cocoa butter extraction
• White chocolate
Cocoa “nibs”
Main Types of
Chocolate
 Dark
 Purest
 Mostly chocolate liquor
 Milk
 Some chocolate liquor and
cocoa butter
 Milk fat
 White
 No chocolate liquor (cocoa
solids)
 Mostly cocoa butter
Organic Compounds
in Chocolate
 Xanthine Alkaloids
 Theobromine
 Phenylethylamine
 Caffeine
 Lecithin (soy)
 Anandamide
 Flavonoids
 Sugars
 Tannins
 Many others….
Theobromine
 Derived from xanthine
 High concentration in
chocolate
 Blocks adenosine in the
brain to reduce sleepiness
 Toxicity to animals
 Metabolism
Xanthine
Phenylethylamine
• Known for psychoactive
stimulant effects
• Amphetamine
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ADD (Adderall)
• Norepinephrine and
Dopamine
Phenylethylamine
Dopamine
Amphetamine
Norepinephrine
Caffeine
 Found only in small
quantities
 Theobromine vs. Caffeine
 Theobromine’s stimulant
effects last longer than
caffeine
 Caffeine is fast acting
 Caffeine has stronger effect
 Withdrawal
 Addiction
 Caffeine in the body
 Metabolism
Lecithin (Soy)
• Soy Lecithin
• emulsifier
Flavonoids/Flavols
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 Antioxidant
effects
 Flavan-3-ol
Health Benefits
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Diuretic
Reduces heart disease
Reduces chance of stroke
Cough suppressant
Tooth Decay Prevention
Anti- oxidant
 Dark chocolate
Random Facts
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 Lethal Dose
 German chocolate cake was
actually named after an American
named Sam German
 Mayans sometimes used chocolate
for baptisms
 People suffering from depression
eat about twice as much chocolate
as other people
 One chocolate chip provides
enough energy for someone to
walk 150 feet
Written Assignment
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Drugs Society & Human Behavior by. Carl L. Hart, Charles Ksir, and Oakley Ray
Organic Chemistry by. Paula Yurkanis Bruice
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