The planned project on the topic of cocoa and chocolate, originally intended for teachers in the preparation of lessons, has already developed its objectives into a much more widely invested medium even at the planning and test stage.
It has given rise to an individually retrievable program with a storage capacity of approximately 460-MB, which can be automatically run in sound and vision on any standard PC with a CD-ROM drive. So the German Cocoa and Chocolate Industry has made an up-to-date interactive information medium available that will not only arouse the interest of educational theorists.
The following structuring of the contents will show the diversity of the topic:

A) The History of Cocoa

• (Text and Picture)
• Cocoa — a gift from the gods
• Cocoa and sugar — a harmonious combination
• A monopoly crumbles — the triumphant progress of cocoa
  
• The beginnings of the Chocolate Industry
• First Association of German "Chocolate Manufacturers"
• Advertising for chocolate — the spirit of the age with a distinctive quality
• (Film/Video)
• A visit to the Cologne Chocolate Museum
  

B) On the Biology of the Cacao Tree

• (Text and Picture)
• From Cacao seeds to plants
• The small plants develop into fruit-bearing trees
• Cacao fruits — vary widely in form and colour
• Types of cocoa — it all depends on the blending
• (Film/Video)
• The Cacao tree in full bloom
• Ripe fruit develops from the blossoms

C) The Cultivation of the Cocoa

• (Text and Picture)
• Cocoa — no yield without risk
• The cocoa harvest — manual work the same as it always has been
• Fermentation — the chemistry of nature
• Drying — the sun has a bearing on this
• Filled into sacks — the cocoa goes on a journey
• (Film/Video)
• The cocoa harvest, fermentation and drying

D) The Cocoa Trade

• (Text and Picture)
• The Cocoa Futures Exchange — the trade with raw cocoa
• Where the raw cocoa comes from today
• The import of raw cocoa — emphasis is placed on quality
• (Film/Video)
• Cocoa goes on a journey

E) Processing of the Cocoa

• (Text and Picture)
• The roasting and crushing of the cocoa beans
• The cocoa mill — the crushed kernel becomes fluid
• From the cocoa mass to cocoa butter
• From pressed cakes of cocoa to cocoa powde
• (Film/Video)
• The route to cocoa butter and cocoa powder

F) The Route to Chocolate

• (Text and Picture)
• The blending — natural ingredients for pure delight
• The fine rolling process — the fine fluid mass is forme
• The conching — perfecting the taste
• The tempering — important for shine and breaking
• The chocolate mass — the basis for the ultimate enjoyment
• (Film/Video)
• From the cocoa mass to chocolate

G) The Diversity of Cocoa Products

• (Text and Picture)
• Cocoa products — from cold to hot
• Cocoa beverages and drinking chocolate
• Cocoa products in figures

H) The Cocoa Products

• (Text and Picture)
• How the chocolate is formed
• Chocolate " in abundance"
• Filled Chocolates— a paradise for the ‘bon viveur’;
• Choco-Hollow-forms, Choco-bars & Co.
• Facts and figures on chocolate
• (Film/Video)
• How a bar of chocolate is made
• Filled Chocolates — the Queens of chocolate

I) Chocolate and Nutrition

• (Text and Picture)
• Questions and answers on cocoa and chocolate
• About the handling of cocoa and chocolate
• Cocoa and chocolate recipes

J) Who and what in the Chocolate Industry

• (Text and Picture)
• The German Cocoa and Chocolate Industry
• The German Atlas of Cocoa and Chocolate
• The product groups and their manufacturer

K) ...still more on the topic of cocoa and chocolate

• (Text and Picture)
• Book tips on every aspect of cocoa and chocolate
• Museums, exhibitions and specialist trade fairs
• Jobs/Professions in the Cocoa and Chocolate Industry
• Addresses all to do with chocolate / Links on the Internet
• (Film/Video)
• A "Summer Hit" entirely in chocolate
  

The Desktop is set-up to be self-explanatory, i.e. by clicking on the question mark help explaining each individual step appears. The modular choice of topic is possible through clicking on the buttons or a table of contents. The editorial structure is divided into "Text and Picture" (a window for illustrations with picture texts and a text window with a "Scroll Function") as well as in "Film and Sound" (a window opens for the auto-play film-excerpts with sound).

On the Topic of Multimedia Applications on CD-ROM:

When there is talk about a Multimedia-Project then it should also be capable of fulfilling all current demands. For this reason the CD-ROM: "About the Nature of One the Good Things in Life — From the Cacao Tree to Chocolate", which has been completed in the meantime, really is a true multimedia application. On the one hand it combines a multitude of different topic areas taking into account text, photos, graphics, tables and diagrams and on the other hand contains suitable film-excerpts with sound on the topic. You go 'Live' into the Cologne Chocolate Museum to learn about the history of chocolate. The visit to a cocoa plantation is as vivid as it is interesting — and, of course, this also applies to the glance into the processing of the cocoa as well as the various stages of production in the chocolate factory
All this alone would result in the "Multimedia-Objective" being achieved. But the user is also offered many and diverse possibilities in the practical application. Each text can be printed out in manuscript-form text by means of a command key. This also applies to all the illustrations, which visually augment the text. Every image can be printed out with an explanatory key to the picture. Thus for example, with the aid of a standard colour printer the opportunity is presented of automatically producing an individual overhead projector film for a lecture.