3-075-107 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Van Houten's Cocoa, 1890. 'STIMULATES AND NOURISHES Without leaving any Injurious Effect on the Nervous System. It is a PERFECT BEVERAGE. CHEAP, CHEERING, AND SUSTAINING'. Dutch chemist and chocolate maker Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801-1887) was known for the treatment of cocoa mass with alkaline salts to remove the bitter taste and make cocoa solids more water-soluble; the resulting product is still called "Dutch process chocolate". From "Illustrated London News", 1890.