Chocolate

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Chocolate that brings joy to your gut health and your tastebuds

As well as being a mood-boosting treat this Easter, chocolate can also be good for us, and researchers are working to make it even better for gut health

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Why we judge chocolate by its cover

Although chocolate is a treat for all five senses – sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste– new research shows packaging is often just as important as what’s inside

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Engineering the perfect Easter egg

Precision timing means cocoa butter melts at just the right temperature

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So you think you know chocolate?

Chocolate is drooled over as the “food of the gods” but here are some facts and chemistry you might not know, including the dog question

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