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How Chocolate Is Made: From Bean to Bar
The article "How chocolate is made: From bean to bar" from BBC Science Focus explains the journey of cacao beans from the Theobroma cacao tree to the final chocolate product. Learn more about the steps of growing, harvesting, fermenting, drying, roasting, cracking, winnowing, grinding, tempering, and molding.
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How Pepperoni Is Made

In How Pepperoni Is Made presenter Cherry Healey is at a pepperoni factory in Austria. She watches pepperoni go from a mix of meat to the spicy pizza topping. Learn about the process of making pepperoni, and how chemistry comes into play. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Inside the Factory, a series that takes viewers behind the scenes in the factories that make our favorite products.

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Mycoprotein, a Promising Meat Alternative

In Mycoprotein, a Promising Meat Alternative, presenter Cherry Healey visits a factory that uses lots of chemistry processes to make a protein from a fungus. Learn how the protein is made by fermentation, mixing, and freezing. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Inside the Factory, a series that takes viewers behind the scenes in the factories that make our favorite products.

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Why Cheese Tastes So Good ... and Smells So Strange!
The article "Why Cheese Tastes So Good ... and Smells So Strange!" from BBC Science Focus explores why cheese is so delicious and sometimes smelly. It explains how bacteria and fungi change milk into cheese and create its unique flavors. The article also looks at why our brains crave cheesy foods and why we enjoy strange smells in cheese.