How chocolate is made in the lab
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In a laboratory of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Wädenswil, researchers for the first time have developed a cell culture from cocoa beans. Out of this, they can make any quantity of chocolate.
SWI swissinfo.ch looked over the team’s shoulders during the manufacturing process.
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