139 



CHAPTER VI 



THE MANUFACTURE OF CHOCOLATE 



Since the great improvements of the steam engine, it is 

 astonishing to what a variety of manufactures this useful 

 machine has been applied : yet it does not a little excite 

 our surprise that one is used for the trifling object of grind- 

 ing chocolate. 



It is, however, a fact, or at least, we are credibly informed, 

 that Mr. Fry, of Bristol, has in his new manufactory one 

 of these engines for the sole purpose of manufacturing 

 chocolate and cocoa. 



Berrow's Worcester Journal, 

 June yth, 1798. 



WHAT I am about to write under this heading 

 will only be of a general character. Those 

 who require a more detailed exposition are 

 referred to the standard works given at the end of the 

 chapter. In these, full and accurate information will be 

 found. The information published in modern Ency- 

 clopaedias, etc., concerning the manufacture of choco- 

 late is not always as reliable as one might expect. Thus 

 it states in Jack's excellent Reference Book (1914) that 

 :< Chocolate is made by the addition of water and 

 sugar." The use of water in the manufacture of choco- 

 late is contrary to all usual practice, so much so that 

 great interest was aroused in the trade some years ago 

 by the statement that water was being used by a firm 

 in Germany. 



