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Now playing at a theater near you: a suspense drama over whether there will be enough popcorn for the summer moviegoing season.The plot was palpable at CinemaCon, an annual convention for movie-theater operators this spring. The Las Vegas event floor had a festive vibe, coming after two years of pandemic-darkened screens. A-list vendors such as Mars Wrigley (M&M’s, Snickers, Twix) hawked sugary wares near makers of polyester theater-worker vests and seating experts modeling the latest in auditorium recliners.…

Johnny Depp is currently busy in a highly publicised defamation trial against Amber Heard, his movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has seen a rapid rise of views pushing the movie into Netflix’s Top 10. The 2005 flick found itself sitting at No. 8 on the streaming giant’s Top 10. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is based on Roald Dahl’s 1964 book of the same name. In the movie, Depp stars as the eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka, who allows five children to tour his factory. Burton’s adaptation came almost 35…

Oatly Group AB is lining up a successor to Toni Petersson, the chief executive who helped turn its oat milk into a global phenomenon and took the company public last year, according to people familiar with the matter.Last month, the Swedish company said it had hired as president Jean-Christophe Flatin, a food-industry veteran and former senior executive at candy giant Mars Inc. Mr. Flatin is seen as a likely eventual replacement for Mr. Petersson, the people said, adding that no change is imminent. Oatly GroupAB is…

Article content Queen Elizabeth loves chocolate as a midnight snack, according to a former royal chef. Article content Darren McGrady, who now lives in the U.S., joined Juliet Sear in Windsor for a segment on ITV’s This Morning about delicious baked foods to make ahead of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, according to the Daily Mail. McGrady said: “The Queen loves chocolate. Anything dark chocolate — the darker the better, so she has little snacks and little boxes of chocolates in her room.” McGrady worked…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People don't want science anywhere near their delicious chocolate chip cookies. But they're happy to have science create body wash that fights odor-causing bacteria. …

While many people might say that chocolate couldn't possibly be improved, such may not be the case. According to a recent study, a new cocoa bean treatment results in "fruitier, more flowery-tasting" dark chocolate.Ordinarily, once cocoa beans have been harvested for use in chocolate, they're covered in banana leaves and then left to ferment for several days.As they ferment, naturally occurring microbes break down the pulp surrounding the beans, heating and acidifying them in the process. This triggers biochemical changes…

A team of Dutch scientists has taken on the grueling task of designing the perfect piece of chocolate, using novel 3D printing techniques to create designs that shatter in the most pleasurable way when bitten. Clearly, extensive testing is required.Some of us heathens are content merely to shovel handfuls of supermarket-grade choccies into our mouths and leer brown-toothedly at our offspring. For other folk, chocolate is a pleasure to be taken very seriously. There are chocolate tasting courses in which people can explore…