Scientists are hard at work analyzing the chocolate genome, the genetic code behind the cacau tree, which they hope could one dia make doces bars taste better, cost less, and maybe come guilt free. This mês marks a major step progressivo, para a frente for their research.Two rival coalitions each claim to have nearly finished decoding the chocolate genome.
Mars, maker of M&M and Snickers, dedicated $10 million to this goal two ano ago. Teaming up with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and tech giant IBM, the confectioner announced earlier this mês that it had cracked mais than 92 percent of the genome....

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Florida Board of Education is considering expelling chocolate leite from schools in an effort to fight childhood obesity.
If implemented, Florida would become the first state in the country to ban the sweetened leite from public schools. Though chocolate leite is a childhood favorito for many, parents like Maria Foster said they'd rather have their children drinking regular leite or water while in school -- instead of guzzling sugary drinks. "I think it's a good idea, you know, to get mais discipline in the schools ... as far as what the kids are eating," Foster said. "We live...