The new chocolate has been developed by Swiss firm Barry Callebaut. Image Credit: Barry Callebaut
Named 'Ruby', the intriguing pink-hued delicacy is the first new type of chocolate in 80 years.
Now officially the fourth main type of chocolate after milk, dark and white, the new variety uses the ruby cocoa bean to produce a uniquely smooth and fruity flavor.
The last new type of chocolate, white, was developed all the way back in the 1930s.
"Ruby chocolate is very different and clever stuff," said industry expert Angus Kennedy.
"It's refreshing and has a light, creamy texture. It tastes so light and fruity you don't really realize you're gobbling up one chocolate after the other, so it means consumers will be able to eat more of it than other types of conventional chocolate."
"Whether this a good or bad thing depends on your point of view."
I can take or leave chocolate and much prefer other desserts, when I have a dessert. However, I am always willing to try a new food and would like to try this at some point. If you don't try new things it can get pretty boring at meal time. This was the rule when we raised our boy: he did not have to eat anything he did not like, but he did have to try everything. Now he's a regular "foodie" lol. I know too many people whose children grew up on nothing but pizza and macaroni and cheese. They wouldn't think of eating a green salad much less a dish of calamari (which is hardly that exotic). Th... [More]
That's it, we are now officially in the future! A world where's there is pink chocolate! To see their faces when I'll tell my great-grand-kids there was no pink chocolate back in my days...
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