2. This tree from Tropical America bears round or ovoid fruits that almost appear unnatural because their protection is green and smooth. The fruit is suspended from the branches or the trunk itself and can measure up to 40 centimeters in length. It is essentially used for its protection, and can be made into recipients, or maracas.
3. A province in Central America.
4. Which Carthagene is Diderot alluding to? The city located in Spain, Chile or Columbia?
5. Creole term for a bread made from manioc.
6. The giraumont is a vegetable, which appeared in Central America. It was famed as a fecundity symbol ; it was also used as an offering during voodoo ceremonies.
7. The French word "rejetons" is a slang term for "sons." It originates from the verb "rejecter," which led me to my translation.
8. This term is of my own invention. It was inspired to me by Diderot, whose following description is enlightening.
9. An ornemental plant, it was introduced in Europe for its flowers, either yellow or deep red. It was used during the magical rituals of local ethnic tribes in Africa and Central America.
10. I doubt that Diderot refers here to marshmallows. This guimauve is a plant used in medicinal concoctions for its emollient properties, for ornaments with its flowers and sometimes as a food item for its roots.
11. Another spice. I failed to identify which exactly.
12. A type of cadmium (chemical element occurring as a sulfide or carbonate in zinc ores); it could be found in a natural state, or also around the funnels expulsing the rejected gas from silver foundries, where pompholyx can be found.
13. A basic lead carbonate, used as a white pigment.
14. Sap originating from the copayer tree, resinous tree from Tropical America. Forgotten nowadays, it was an excellent protection against any bacteria before antibiotics were invented.
15. Hydrated silicate of zinc used as ore.
16. Stone from a volcano, extremely hard.
17. An aloes is the sap from a plant growing in warm climate, especially in Arabia. Succotrin aloes is deemed the most efficient: either black or brown, shiny on the outside, resinous, brittle and sour to the taste, it turns yellow if put in pulverized form. It has purgative and desiccative values, and strengthens the stomach provided it is taken while eating, or it would upset the stomach.
18. Climbing plant, petal-less, whose chalice is shaped like a cone.
19. One dragme is 1/8th of an ounce.
20. Common name given to certain nitrates.
21. Resin from trees found in Tropical Asia, used in perfumes and medicine.
Functional Benefits of Cocoa and Chocolate
Cocoa and chocolate extracts are rich in polyphenols, including individual flavanols and procyanidin oligomers, natural theobromine, phenylethylamine, and tyramine. The health benefits of these functional component range from heart health to anti-aging to weight loss and are highly reported in both the popular and academic press.
CPC will tailor manufacture, according to our customer’s requirements, extracts which are enriched in one or more of the above mentioned components.
Many customers that are interested in anti-oxidative properties of cocoa require an extract which has a minimum of 12 % cocoa polyphenols. For comparison, standard cocoa powders typically contain 3 – 5 % polyphenols.
Weight loss applications typically require a minimum of 8 % natural theobromine. For comparison, standard cocoa powders typically contain 2 – 3 % theobromine.
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