Chocoholics International

[marmar]

French women might not get fat, but it isn’t because they don’t eat chocolate.

Per person, the French eat just about as much as chocolate as Americans do, according to data from Euromonitor.

The global chocolate-eating champs are the Swiss, who ate 9 kilos per capita last year, more than twice as much as Americans with their 4.3 kilos, according to Euromonitor. The world’s other big chocoholics are the Germans (7.9 kilos), Austrians (7.8 kilos) and the Irish and British (each at 7.5 kilos).


While Western Europeans on average eat about two-thirds of a pound more chocolate per year than Americans do, Americans are the hands-down champs in the consumption of salty snacks, from potato chips and tortilla chips to nuts and other “savory” snacks, said Jared Koerten, senior food analyst at Euromonitor.

Americans on average eat nearly 11 kilos of those per person a year, or 24 ¼ pounds, compared with the Western European average of 4 kilos, he said. Moreover, the U.S. market for salty snacks, both in overall sales and per-capita consumption, is growing faster than that for sweet snacks. ......................(more)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/americans-are-far-from-the-worlds-biggest-chocolate-eaters-2015-07-21?dist=beforebell

[pinboy3niner]

1. Apparently I'm waaaaaay above average

[Sherman A1]

3. This reminds me of the

Mine Shaft Gap from Dr. Strangelove!

[malaise]

2. Same here

Interesting that not one cocoa producing country is on the list.

[Historic NY]

4. I'll keep trying to get the number up...

I've taken to buying the dark chocolate bars from the baking isle at the supermarket, they cost less .

[IcyPeas]

5. European chocolate tastes better

in my opinion. I think it has better ingredients.

British chocolate tends to have a higher fat and cocoa content. American-made chocolate typically contains a larger dose of sugar.

According to UK rules, a product must contain no less than 25% cocoa solids to be considered "milk chocolate." The US stipulates that milk chocolate must contain no less than 10% chocolate liquor.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-british-and-american-chocolate-taste-different-2015-1#ixzz3geMSWJWq

[marmar]

6. Definitely. Even the standard brands.

The difference between a Dairy Milk bar in UK and a Dairy Milk bar here in the states is very noticeable.