PUB2 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chewing Tobacco, Cellulite, Lipid Hypothesis

• School: McGill University
• Department: Public Law 2
• Course: PUB2 105
• Professor: Francois Creveau

Document Summary

Confectionary association of canada study: to they prefer sex or chocolate. Phenylacetic acid, dimethylsulfide, 2 methoxy 4 methylphenol. What we like in chocolate is less the taste more the texture. Melting point of coca fat is 36c (1 degree less human temp 37c) People like the sensation of chocolate melt in mouth. Coca tree: theobroma cacao (food of gods) swedish botanist came across caco. Aztec used cocoa to satisfy gods offered in gold goblets. Aztec term for cocoa is xocotal = bitter. Very bitter so cocoa drinks had to be mixed with su. Most of time cocoa was not eat, but drink mixed with vanilla and sugar. Canada: 4kg / person (9lbs) per year consuming chocolate. Cocoa flowers cocoa pods (which grow throughout the tree, throughout the branches) Cocoa pods grow throughout (no seasons), when picked they keep growing. Picked up, split open, left open, seeds start fermenting, sugar gets convereted into alcohol.