Band 6+: 1. The diagrams below show how chocolate is made and how the price of a chocolate bar is divided up among those involved in the process. Write a report for a lecturer describing the information presented.

The given diagrams demonstrate the process of producing chocolate and how the payment was shared between those who were involved.

As is evident, there are lots of steps to make chocolate, starting with grinding cocoa beans and ending with the final product turned into chocolate bar or transferring to food industry. Regarding to the pie chart, it is obvious, that the higher share of the price goes to the cost of ingredients, meanwhile the smallest goes to the farmer.

In the begging, cocoa beans undergo a grinding step in a shredder machine, where it becomes a cocoa liquor and waste. After that, it is divided into two procedures, the first one industrial chocolate being, which it is mixed with sugar before getting a ready bars. On the other hand, the cocoa liquor is pressed in the pressing engine to make cocoa butter and powder for the food industry.

As for the pie chart, exactly 37% of chocolate cost goes to the cost of ingredients, of which a chocolate was made. 3% lower money goes to supermarkets. Ranked in third place are taxes with 15%, whereas the revenue for the chocolate company is just 10%. Surprisingly, farmers receive no more than only 4% of total price.