Chocolate is made from the beans of the cacao tree, which grows in tropical regions of the New World (i.e., North, Central and South America). When chocolate arrived in Europe around 1500, it was only consumed as a hot drink. In the mid-1800s, however, the Swiss invented a way to make chocolate into solid candy that people could eat. Today, millions more pounds of chocolate are produced for eating than for drinking.
Which of the following can be inferred from the statements above?
A. Today, the cacao tree cannot be grown anywhere else in the world besides the tropical regions of the Americas.
B. When chocolate was introduced to Europe, it was most commonly used in solid form.
C. The number of pounds of chocolate used to make solid candy today is greater than the number of pounds used to make chocolate drinks during the 1800s.
D. Chocolate was not eaten as solid candy in the New World during the 1500s.
E. If the Swiss had not invented a way to make solid chocolate candy, chocolate would not have become as popular as it is today.