University of Reading makes first British-grown chocolate bar in nearly 100 years

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• The University of Reading has created the Reading 100 Chocolate Bar, made entirely from British ingredients including cocoa grown in Berkshire.
• Produced to mark the university's centenary, it is the first UK-grown chocolate bar made since Rowntrees gifted one to the then-Princess Elizabeth in 1932.
• That was the only other bar of UK-grown chocolate ever made, making the late Queen the only person in history ever to eat one.
• Food security master's student Maha Khan crafted the chocolate using cocoa harvested from the university's International Cocoa Quarantine Centre.
• The Reading-based centre houses over 300 cocoa varieties and manages 97 per cent of global cocoa plant movements to prevent disease spread.