<h5>How is chocolate made?</h5><p>People love chocolates for their yummy taste. But do you know how it is made?<br>The main ingredient used to make chocolates is cocoa beans. But raw cocoa is too bitter to eat.</p><p>That’s when food processing does its magic. Sugar, milk fat, and other ingredients are mixed with cocoa to make the delicious chocolates.</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <iframe width="100%" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xPe1jMuX32s" title="How Chocolate is Made" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><figcaption>Making of chocolate. Video by Tasty.</figcaption></figure></div><h5>Milk, white, and dark chocolate</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/can-chocolate-be-healthy%2FCocoa%20beans.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=29030bcf-82fa-4db6-afcc-c18256b67e82"><figcaption>Cocoa beans. Photo by Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0</figcaption></figure><p>Dark chocolate: Made mostly using cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and sugar. It also has very little or no milk and tastes bitter.</p><p>Milk chocolate: It has some cocoa solids and more milk and dairy fat than dark chocolate. These chocolates are lighter in colour and have a sweet taste.</p><p>White chocolate: It doesn't have cocoa solids, so it's white. It's made mostly of cocoa butter, milk, and sugar.</p><h5>How much chocolate should you eat?</h5><p>It is said that dark chocolates can help reduce stress and improve your heart health and brain function. Still, it's advised not to eat a lot of chocolates.</p><p>Too much sugar in milk chocolate can damage your teeth and upset your stomach. That's not good, is it?</p><p>Does this mean you can't eat chocolate? No, you can have 1–2 grams of chocolate per week or up to 5 grams of dark chocolate two or three times a week.</p><p>But remember to brush your teeth properly after eating chocolates.</p>

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