Essential Details Regarding Teuscher Chocolates

By Douglas Taylor


Teuscher is a chocolatier based on Switzerland with a lot of branches in the different cities around the world. They manufacture hundreds of varieties of confections, pastries and cookies which are famous worldwide. These are freshly made every week or two and flown directly to their different branches around the world from their headquarters.

There are many people who likes eating them and wants to taste the best one they can find. One of these are the Teuscher Chocolates who have been praised by many for their top quality taste and texture. Here are some basic information about chocolates that you would like to add to your knowledge of everyday things.

They are made by crushing the fruit of cacao tree so that an unsweetened chocolate can be produced. When these are crushed, a fatty substance remains which is called cocoa butter while the solid one is called cocoa powder which has been ground. Its scientific name would roughly translate to food of gods.

Forty to fifty million people are depending on the harvest and manufacturing of these for their livelihood. Chocolate bars have labels that indicate the percentage of the total content of cacao solid in them. Although the white variants does not have the solids in them but they must contain cocoa butter instead.

Chocolates are maybe the most popular product people give as gifts to the ones they love specially on days like Valentines. Millions are sold during this special day particular those which are package in boxes that looks like a heart. The following are some tips in how to buy the good quality ones for having the perfect gift.

Check the ingredients listed and if cocoa is on its top or not and avoid those having ingredients with difficult pronunciation. See the date it was manufactured and the fresher and more recent ones would have better quality. The various kind of chocolates have various storage life before they are considered not fit for consumption or use.

It should also smell like chocolate and not something else because they tend to absorb the odor of their environment meaning it was not stored well. Having no smell also indicates its poor quality or it being already old. Their surface should look glossy and is consistent and does not have any blemishes if you are able see them.

To further test them after buying, break it and it must have a clean snapping sound that indicates good quality. Milk and vanilla ones tend to bend rather than break because of their high milk and sugar content. And finally, taste them because everyone has a different preference although good ones will melt in the mouth immediately and those that are inferior will feel grainy.

These are also healthy foods which contains antioxidants fighting off free radicals and their accompanying diseases. Avoid buying with labels stating they are dutched because it is an alkanizing process that reduces the healthy compounds for the heart. The origin of ingredients is not important because there is almost no difference in their quality and taste.




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