Food Fact

Who is believed to have been the first European to discover chocolate?

Who is believed to have been the first European to discover chocolate?
  • Jacques Cartier
  • Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Samuel de Champlain

Answer:

When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain from his fourth voyage to the New World in 1502, he introduced many treasures to the court of King Ferdinand. Among them were cocoa beans.

[ Source: The Wine Diet, (Sphere, 2007) and Creative Chocolates ]

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