TAGS: chocolatier, chocolate, Fannie May, Godiva, Ghirardelli, Perugina Baci, See's Chocolate, Perugina Baci 

As more studies demonstrate the health benefits of chocolate, there is overwhelming trivia pertaining to the chocolatiers that produce these fine chocolates. Savor these chocolate manufacturing facts:

• At present date, the World’s Finest® Chocolate Company has sold more than 5 billion chocolate bars.
• In 1852, the first Ghirardelli chocolate factory was established in San Francisco by Domingo Ghirardelli.
  
• Established in 1907, the Italian chocolatier, Perugina Baci was inspired by  a love tryst between, heir Giovanni Buitoni and a confectioner, by the name of Luisa Spagnoli. 
  
• Godiva helps Jewish-American consumers keep kosher. The Kosher OU-D symbol demarcates their kosher chocolates.
  
• The chocolate manufacturer, Godiva uses the same formulas, ingredients, and processes to produce kosher chocolates.
  
• In 1970, Fannie May Candies gave birth to the Trinidad. 
  
• The family owned chocolate company, See’s Candies was sold to Warren Buffet’s firm, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in 1972.  
  
• Fannie May introduced sugar-free chocolates in 1991.
  

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