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Chocolate: Bean to Bar - The Science Behind Every Bite

S1 · E1330 Oct 202615:39

In this episode of The Brain Bus: Brain Busters, kids aged 8–10 discover that the chocolate flavour in every bar does not exist in the raw seed - it has to be built through fermentation, drying, and…

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What will my child learn from Brain Busters?
Each episode digs into a genuinely interesting topic with Nova and Cosmo, treating the listener as smart enough for the real explanation. Screen-free and ad-free.