Chocolate
What are the main ingredients in dark chocolate,
and what are some of the best brands of dark chocolate?
On average dark chocolate is 60% cocoa and it has little to no sugar added. Instead of being made from fats, dark chocolate is made from cocoa butter. Dark chocolate has more flavonoids therefore it has more health benefits.(university of michigan, 2016)
"A true dark chocolate will never have sugar listed first in the ingredients. It should always be below the cocoa ingredients."
Is a quote from the article Healthy Eater.
Ingredients/brands
Some good brands of dark chocolate the buy are, Lindt, Green and Blacks, Godiva and Zazubean. Lindt has very dark chocolate bars with 70%, 85%, 90% and even a 99% cocoa, but it is very had to find. Green and Blacks have 70% and 85% cocoa chocolate bars, and some of them are organic and fair trade! Zazubean has an 80% chocolate bar and it is organic and fair trade too! Godiva has a 72% cocoa chocolate bar that has no processed alkali. (james)
A 100 gram dark chocolate bar of 70%-85% cocoa contains about 11 grams of fiber. It also has 67% of the iron we need to take in a day, 58% of the magnesium we need to consume daily, as well as 89% of the copper and 98% of the manganese we need every day. (gunners, 2015)
gunners, k. (2015, november). 7 proven health benefits of dark chocolate. Retrieved march 21, 2016, from authority nutritrion : https://authoritynutrition.com/7-health-benefits-dark-chocolate/
james. (n.d.). dark chocolate: the best and worst brands. Retrieved march 21, 2016, from healthy eater: https://healthyeater.com/dark-chocolate-best-and-worst
university of michigan. (2016). healing foods pyramid. Retrieved march 21, 2016, from integrative medicine: http://www.med.umich.edu/umim/food-pyramid/dark_chocolate.html