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First 100% British Chocolate Bar Made Since 1932
A student made the bar on campus from cocoa grown at the university’s quarantine centre, highlighting supply-chain risks and the UK’s reliance on imports.
- Food security student Maha Khan created the first 100 per cent British chocolate bar since 1932, using cocoa grown at the University of Reading in Berkshire to celebrate the institution's 100th anniversary.
- The cocoa originated from the International Cocoa Quarantine Centre, which houses more than 300 types of plants and manages 97 per cent of international cocoa plant movement to prevent disease spread.
- Khan harvested, fermented, and roasted the beans before blending them with British milk and sugar on campus. "It's a lot of work," she added, describing the complex production process.
- While the UK chocolate market is worth £10.4 billion, climate change poses significant risks; estimates suggest 30 to 40 per cent of global cocoa crops are lost annually to heatwaves and disease.
- Rowntree's produced the only other UK-grown bar in 1932 for a six-year-old Princess Elizabeth, though Professor Carol Wagstaff noted that a resilient global market remains crucial for smallholder farmers.
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First 100% British chocolate bar made since 1932
The ingredients were grown in a climate-controlled center at the University of Reading before being harvested.
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Chocolate bar made from 100% British ingredients created for first time in nearly 100 years
A chocolate bar made from 100 per cent British ingredients has been created for the first time in nearly 100 years. Maha Khan, a master's student studying food security at the University of Reading, produced bar which has not been created since 1932.The cocoa beans used in the bar were cultivated at the university's International Cocoa Quarantine Centre, a climate-controlled facility housing a remarkable collection of more than 300 cocoa plant v…
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