The Evolution of a Chocolate

Clip 1: Chocolate making

2 min 55 sec

Taken from the sponsored film The Evolution of a Chocolate (1925)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG

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Curator’s clip description

A pan of the sorting rooms shows women sorting the cleansed chocolate in preparation for blending. The kernels are then taken to the mills where they are ground into a smooth liquor. Sugar is added in large mixing machines and refined by passing it through rolls. The chocolate mixture is then transferred into ‘conches’ where it is whipped by machine to further mature and thicken the chocolate.

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