World Chocolate Day

World Chocolate Day Quick Facts - US

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2020 Date	July 7, 2020
2021 Date	July 7, 2021

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World Chocolate Day in 2020

Tuesday, Jul 7

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World Chocolate Day History

World Chocolate Day seeks to promote the consumption of chocolate. Chocolate contains antioxidants and can improve your cardiovascular health. The neccessary main ingredient of chocolate is Cacoa which comes from beans from the cacao tree. It takes roughly 400 cocoa beans to make one pound of Chocolate. Chocolate is the most popular sweet treat in the world.

World Chocolate Day Facts

The trees that Cacoa comes from are known as the Theobroma Cacao. The name means "food of the gods" in Greek. These trees are native to the Amazon and Orinoco river in South America.
Cacao pods from which Cacao seeds come from are typically harvested by hand. This is due to their fragile nature as machines could injure the trees.