All-British chocolate bar made by scientists using Reading-grown cocoa

A master's student has created a chocolate bar from one hundred percent British ingredients—the first since nineteen thirty-two, when the Queen received one as a six-year-old from Rowntree's. The new bar uses cocoa plants grown in Reading. Per the Guardian, the project highlights the impact of climate crisis on cocoa plants.

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