231. Hershey's produces over 80 million chocolate Kisses--every day.
232. The English chocolate company Cadbury made the first chocolate bar in the world in 1842.
233. In the film Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the famous shower scene.
234. Although cacao originated in Central and South America more than 4,000 years ago, now approximately 70% of the world's cacao is grown in Africa. Cote d'lvoire is the single largest producer of cocoa, providing roughly 40% of the world's supply.
235. Reports predict that the global chocolate market will grow to $98.3 billion in 2016 from $83.2 billion in 2010.
236. Cacao trees can live to be 200 years old, but they produce marketable cocoa beans for only 25 years.
237. Nearly all cacao trees grow within 20 degrees of the equator, and 75% grow within 8 degrees of either side of it. Cacao trees grow in three main regions: West Africa, South and Central America, and Southeast Asia/Oceania.
238. Each cacao tree can produce approximately 2,500 beans. It takes a cacao tree four to five years to produce its first beans.
239. U.S. chocolate manufacturers use about 3.5 million pounds of whole milk every day to make milk chocolate.
240. It takes approximately 400 cacao beans to make one pound of chocolate.
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