On average, Americans consume 100 pounds of what per second?

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Chocolate is correct: Americans eat around 9–10 pounds of chocolate per person each year. With a population of about 330 million, that totals roughly 3.3 billion pounds annually. Spread across ~31.5 million seconds in a year, that averages close to 100 pounds every second.

Chocolate comes from cacao beans domesticated in Mesoamerica and later transformed into the sweet milk and rich dark varieties we know today. U.S. consumption spikes around Halloween, Valentine’s Day, and Easter. Memory tip: think “10 pounds per person per year”—multiply by 330 million people, then divide by the seconds in a year to land near 100 pounds per second.