Scientists are hard at work analyzing the chocolate genome, the genetic code behind the cacao tree, which they hope could one dag make candy bars taste better, cost less, and maybe come guilt free. This maand marks a major step vooruit, voorwaarts 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 jaar ago. Teaming up with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and tech giant IBM, the confectioner announced earlier this maand that it had cracked meer than 92 percent of the genome....

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