Basic Information About 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 numerous people who likes to eat them and always want to taste one of the best ones they can find. Teuscher chocolates are of one of them which many have praised for the top quality of its taste and texture. The following are some essential details about their main ingredient, chocolates, which you can have as additional knowledge of this popular food.

They are made from the fruit of cacao tree which is crushed in order to make an unsweetened chocolate. When they are crushed, there remains a fatty substance called the cocoa butter and a solid one called cocoa powder after being ground. The scientific name of the tree translates roughly to food of the gods.

Forty million or fifty million have the harvesting and manufacturing of chocolate as their main source of livelihood or income. Chocolate bars have a label indicating the percentage of how much cacao solid it contains. Although white variants do not contain any cacao solids, to be considered as a chocolate, they should contain cocoa butter.

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 and see if cocoa is listed on the top and avoid those that have ingredients which are hard to pronounce. See also when it was made and the more recent and fresher ones will obviously have better quality. Different types of chocolates have different longevity until it is not advisable for them to be used.

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.

After buying, you can further test them by breaking it and good ones must have a sound of a clean snap. Milk and vanilla chocolates have a tendency to bend than snap because of their milk and sugar content which is high. And finally, tasting them is the final test because everyone possess different preference though the good ones would melt immediately in the mouth with the inferior feeling grainy.

They are also a healthy food which have antioxidants that fights off free radicals and the diseases they bring along. Avoid buying those that are labeled as dutched because this alkalizing process reduces the compounds that are healthy for the heart. It is not important where the ingredient originally came from because it does not affect the quality and taste greatly.




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