All-British chocolate bar made by scientists using Reading-grown cocoa
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Wed, 12 August 2026
2 reports- The Guardian World05:00
Master’s student made first bar with 100% UK ingredients since 1932 to highlight affect of climate crisis on cocoa plants The late queen was the only person in history to have ever eaten a chocolate bar made with 100% British ingredients, after she was given one as a six-year-old in 1932 by the confectioner Rowntree’s. The bar was created from a glasshouse-grown cocoa plant, at Rowntree’s headquarters in York. Continue reading...
- bbc.com20:26first to report
Master's student Maha Khan created the chocolate bar by harvesting and processing Reading-grown cocoa.
Thu, 13 August 2026
1 report- el-balad.com07:24
University of Reading scientists made a reading 100 chocolate bar with Berkshire cocoa and 100% UK ingredients for the university's 100th anniversary.