Not too long ago someone did a word of the day about cocoa beans becoming infected with viruses. I came across this online. It doesn't directly correlate with the article dicussed in class but it reminded me of it. Anyway, I haven't watched it. I haven't found anywhere to watch it online yet. It seems interesting. You can click on the title of the post and it will take you to the documentaries website where there is an about section.
I think that all food has a dark side to it as we have learned in this college writing class, but it is interesting that there is a documentary on chocolate and i would assume its the side that shows its terrible. Prof. Harrison brought in organic chocolate which was ground up cocoa beans and it tasted almost completely different than the chocolate that we are used to eating because of all the sugar and other additives that are put into candy bars.
ReplyDeleteI am not supprised the chocolate now produced contains certain potential or obvious risk for people.Just thinking about the organic chocolate that Prof.Harrison showed in the class, in order to make the chocolate become tasty for the consumers, the factories apply so many technologies on growing cocoa beans and make them become tasty.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting to see if chocolate really was infected with viruses. Professor Harrison brought in organic chocolate and you can definitely see and taste the difference.
ReplyDeleteCool, thanks for that post Brian. I think its awesome how interested you are in this stuff. Prof Harrison never brought our class in organic chocolate but I have had it and yes, it tasted a lot different!
ReplyDeleteI meant Bryan, Sorry!
ReplyDeleteI think this documentary would be very interesting to see. Because i imagine that chocolate has a very terrible dark side. Given the fact that a majority of chocolate comes from third world countries i imagine that many locals are taken advantage of by american corporations. I believe this will be very similar to the last documentary we watched, hunger for profit.
ReplyDeleteThe startling thing about the cocoa beans is that they probably taste the same as cocoa beans that aren't infected. It would be amazing to see how they were all made and how chocolate is processsed
ReplyDeleteIt is crazy to think about all the additives and different things put in our food. I did not realize all the things that are harmful in our food until this class began. Professor Harrison brought in organic chocolate and it was totally different than a Hershey chocolate bar we are used to seeing in most stores. It makes me think about what other food that were eating is being infected with viruses and other things.
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