1875 ⟶ Milk Chocolate in Solid Form Invented
Milk chocolate in solid form invented by Swiss chocolatier D...
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🍫 Menier Chocolate Company Founded
Menier Chocolate company (Chocolat Menier) founded by Antoine Brutus Menier as a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Paris, at a time when chocolate was used as a medicinal product⟶
ChocolatePharmaceuticalsIndustrializationConfectioneryBrand19th Century
France🍫 Lindt Chocolate Company Founded (Relocated)
Lindt chocolate company founded (date provided by the Lindt & Sprüngli company). David Sprüngli founded his chocolate company in 1836, moved it in 1845, and bought out Lindt's chocolate company (which Rodolphe Lindt had founded in 1879).⟶
ChocolateConfectioneryBrandLindt19th CenturyDavid Sprüngli
Switzerland🥛 Malted Milk Invented and Marketed
Malted milk invented and marketed in England by James Horlick, and in 1873 started the J & W Horlicks company with his brother in Chicago. The first US patent for Malted milk mixing powder was granted them in 1883.⟶
Malted MilkBeverageHorlicksPatent19th CenturyFood Science
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United States🍫 Milk Chocolate in Solid Form Invented
Milk chocolate in solid form invented by Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter (initially meant for making a drink). Peter also created the first Milk chocolate for eating, Gala Peter, in 1887.⟶
ChocolateMilk ChocolateDaniel PeterConfectionery19th CenturyGala Peter
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