5 sweet facts about chocolate

Today, cocoa trees are most actively cultivated in Côte d'Ivoire. The country now accounts for about 43% of the world's cocoa supply. Ghana and Indonesia are the next largest suppliers.

There is evidence that civilizations living in modern-day Mexico invented a bitter chocolate drink around 1900 BC. Later cultures, like the Mayans, Olmecs and Aztecs, praised chocolate's qualities and considered it a mystical food.

Chocolate is loved by many people, which can't be said about the weird foods from this article – check it out to see the strangest dishes from around the globe.

White chocolate doesn't contain cocoa solids, so in the strict sense it's not chocolate. Anyway, that's not likely to bother white chocolate fans.

Quality dark chocolate has a lot of health benefits: it's full of minerals and soluble fiber. Many of cocoa beans compounds function as antioxidants. Anyway, even dark chocolate (more than 70% cocoa) should be consumed in moderation due to its high caloric content.

More and more cocoa plants are becoming victims of climate change. According to some predictions, the increase in temperatures will shrink the possible growing areas of cacao by year 2050. Today, scientists try to modify cacao plants' DNA to increase their chances of survival in higher temperatures.