Coenraad Johannes van Houten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCoenraad Johannes van Houten
Dutch businessman
Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1801
Place of Birth: Weesp, North Holland, Netherlands
Date of Death: 27-May-1887
Profession: chemist
Nationality: Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Coenraad Johannes van Houten
- Coenraad Johannes van Houten (15 March 1801, Amsterdam – 27 May 1887, Weesp) was a Dutch chemist and chocolate maker 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".
- He is also credited with introducing a method for pressing the fat (cocoa butter) from roasted cocoa beans, though this was in fact his father, Casparus van Houten's invention.
- At the age of 63 he was overweight.
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