The diagrame illustrate the chocolate-making process and the percentage allocation of the price of a chocolate bar.
The procese of making chocolate begins with the grinding of the cocoa beans, to produce cocoa liquor and some waste producte. The liquor is veed in two ways. When pressed into powder it can be sold on to the food industry. Alternatively when pressed into cocoa butter is le used, along with the liquor to make industrial chocolate. This is combined with sugar and other ingrediente and refined to produce chocolate bars.
How is the money from the retall price of a chocolate bar divided up? The ple chars Indicates that the farmer, who produces the cocoa bean, receives only 4% of the retall price. The supermarket, on the other hand recelves 34%. A rather emall 10% goes to the chocolate comparty, while 15% is taken by the government is the form of taxes. The cost of ingrediente and production, make up the largest proportion, 37% of the price of a chocolate bar
