Innovatively flavoured chocolates sit alongside the classics, all with evocative names: try the Friendship (almond praline), Amour (nougat centre) and Audacity (quince jelly).

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It also makes machines that measure out the appropriate amounts of powder in pills, baking soda in diapers, whitener in toothpaste or nougat in candy bars.

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But after a few weeks, the Persian caravan packed up, leaving behind gifts of toasted Iranian pistachios in the shell, chewy gaz nougat and blue-and-gold tins of caviar lettered in flowing Persian script.

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