how is chocolate made? - how is it made?
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Abdo
KidsHOW IS IT MADE?
How Is Chocolate Made?
by Grace Hansen
abdopublishing.comPublished by Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO, P.O. Box 398166, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55439.
Copyright © 2018 by Abdo Consulting Group, Inc. International copyrights reserved in all countries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America, North Mankato, Minnesota.
052017
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Photo Credits: Alamy, AP Images, iStock, Shutterstock
Production Contributors: Teddy Borth, Jennie Forsberg, Grace Hansen
Design Contributors: Dorothy Toth, Laura Mitchell
Publisher’s Cataloging in Publication Data
Names: Hansen, Grace, author.
Title: How is chocolate made? / by Grace Hansen.
Description: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Kids, 2018 | Series: How is it made? |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016962398 | ISBN 9781532100451 (lib. bdg.) |
ISBN 9781532101144 (ebook) | ISBN 9781532101694 (Read-to-me ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Chocolate--Juvenile literature. | Chocolate processing--Juvenile
literature.
Classification: DDC 664/.5--dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016962398
Cacao Tree Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chocolate Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ready to Ship! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
More Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Abdo Kids Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Table of Contents
4
Cacao Tree Farms
Most cacao beans are
grown in Africa . They
grow on cacao trees .
Africa
5
6
Cacao trees grow large
pods . Inside the pods are 30
to 40 seeds . These seeds are
called cacao beans .
7
8
The beans are a pale color .
They are dried in the sun . This
turns them brown . The beans
are very bitter . They must go
through a process that changes
their flavor .
9
10
Chocolate Factory
The cacao beans are sent from
farm to manufacturer . Here, they
are roasted . Large ovens heat the
beans to nearly 300 degrees F
(149 °C) . The beans roast for up
to two hours .
11
12
After the beans are roasted,
they must be winnowed .
This process separates the
shells from the nibs .
13
14
The nibs are ground into
a paste . The paste is bitter .
It does not taste very good!
15
16
The manufacturer adds
ingredients like sugar and
vanilla . This sweetens the
paste . Milk is added to make
milk chocolate .
17
18
The sweet mixture is sent
through rollers . This creates
a smooth texture . It also
brings out the flavors .
19
20
Ready to Ship!
The chocolate is heated and
cooled several times . This
makes it look shiny . It is now
ready to be poured into molds .
It is cooled, packaged, and
shipped to stores!
21
22
• It takes about 400 cacao beans to make 1 pound (0 .5 kg)
of chocolate .
• About 70% of cacao is grown in West Africa .
• A cacao tree must be 4 or 5 years old before
it can grow its first beans .
More Facts
23
Glossary
bitter – having a sharp, bad taste that is not sour or salty .
nib – chocolate in its purest form before anything else is added .
pod – grows from cacao trees and contains the beans that
chocolate is made from .
winnow – to sift through and separate the needed parts
from the unneeded parts .
24
Index
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HHK0451Abdo Kids Code:
Africa 4
cacao beans 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
cacao tree 4, 6
dry 8
farm 10
manufacturer 10, 16
milk 16
nibs 12, 14
package 20
paste 14, 16
roast 10, 12
roller 18
store 20
sugar 16
sun 8
vanilla 16
winnow 12
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