- TCHO
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name = TCHO Ventures, Inc
type = Private
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foundation =San Francisco , U.S. (2007)
founder = Timothy Childs
location_city =San Francisco, California
location_country = U.S.
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Pier 17, San Francisco, CA 94111
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area_served =North America
key_people = Timothy Childs (Founder)
Louis Rossetto (CEO)
industry =Food
products =Chocolate
services = Flavor assaying
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homepage = [http://www.tcho.com/ tcho.com]
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intl =TCHO is a start-up company based in
San Francisco ,California . The company, which was founded by Timothy Childs, and has as itsCEO Louis Rossetto , the co-founder of "Wired" magazine, uses technology to mapcocoa bean s by their flavors onto a six-segmented flavor wheel. [Citation
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title = Chocolate.com: A start-up innovates in an unexpected field
newspaper = The Economist
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year = 2008
date = April 17
url = http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11058598] The company will allow others to use their flavor wheel in the hopes that it will become the industry standard. They also will mass-produce and sell their chocolate bars to food companies and consumers, once beta testing is complete. [Citation
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first = Katie
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title = Chocolate in Beta Testing, Offered by a Wired Founder
newspaper = The New York Times
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year = 2007
date = December 10
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/technology/10chocolate.html?_r=1&oref=slogin] Currently, three varieties (flavor wheel currently has six total wedges) of chocolate are available: one variety made from Ghanaian beans ("Chocolatey"), and two made from Peruvian beans ("Fruity" and "Nutty"). [cite web
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title = Tcho Beta: Buy
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publisher = TCHO Ventures, Inc
date = 2008
url = http://www.tcho.com/buy/
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accessdate = 2008-04-26]References
External links
[http://www.tcho.com Company website]
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