Dark Chocolate: The Best and Worst Brands

Dark Chocolate: Once considered the main delicacy. This is great for a healthy diet.

For good reason. It is astringent, tasty and researches health benefits. A small study proved that participants rarely eat junk food after eating dark chocolate. This did not apply to milk chocolate. Another small study found that the diet consumed after consuming dark chocolate was low in milk or white chocolate.

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Some dark chocolates will delight you with one or two careful attention. Compared to milk chocolate, where I used to eat half a pack before packing.

Characterized by healthy dark chocolate
Here's what to look for in a healthy bar when eating healthy dark chocolate.

• High cocoa content
• Low sugar
• There are some additives and overall ingredients
• No additional taste
• No parents
• Not treated with "Dutch" or alkaline
• It is processed at low temperature.
• Flavanols

The study focuses on flavonols, a polyphenol in cocoa that lowers blood pressure, improves vascular function, improves cognitive function, and provides UV protection to the skin. Please note that there are many objections to this survey (see more here).

Dark chocolate has a higher flavonol content than milk chocolate.

The higher the proportion of cocoa, the higher the flavonols.

Warning: Beware the Duchess
The method of treating raw cocoa beans can affect the amount of flavonols in the final product.

If your chocolate says "alkalineized" on the nutrition label, you will have less flavonols. Alkaline treatment is called "dutching".

Marketing label
Most chocolates are tagged with all sorts of marketing terms. Handicrafts, handmade, fine chocolates. These are opinions and cannot be tested. Some chocolates have a gluten-free label. This is strange because chocolate has never been gluten free.
Healthy dark chocolate brand
Of the path
Organic blonde trade non-GMO dark chocolate. Soybean is not lecithin. Range 55% -85%

paschachocolate.com

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Endangered species
72% cocoa and 88% cocoa (panther) bar. 70% organic bar too.

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www.chocolatebar.com

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altereco Alter echo
USDA Organic and Fair Trade. Dark chocolate range. See 85% Blackout Dark or 90% Super Dark.

www.alterecofoods.com

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Taza
Cocoa bar 80%, 87%, 95% bar.

Taza is probably the most unprocessed chocolate you can find. USDA Organic Chocolate is a combination of cocoa beans and sugar only.

www.tazachocolate.com

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Green and black
70% cocoa and 85% cocoa bar. Organic and sometimes fair trade (eg Maya Gold).

70% contains soy lecithin-not 85%. There are no genetically modified ingredients.

www.greenandblacks.co.uk

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Bixby and Joint Dark Chocolate Bixby and Joint Chocolate
70% cocoa and 100% cocoa. It is certified organic and grows cocoa beans from Haiti, Guatemala, Belize and the Dominican Republic. There is also a 70% bar, with the barrel of the gun and barrel mixed with dark chocolate.

This striped bean is chocolate, the ingredients are simple, organic cocoa beans and organic sugar.

The company sent about 70% free samples for review. I am happy with this brand. Their chocolate is delicious. A little more expensive than other brands, but the purest. Overall, Bixby is a great product. They sent American chocolate to BixBico.com

Lindt
The Lindt Excellence series has 70%, 78%, 85%, 90% and 99% cocoa bars.

NOTE: Each bar contains a list of different components. The components as of 2018 are (sold in the US): 85% is a great option.

70% -Chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanilla vera beans.
78% -Chocolate, cocoa butter, sugar, low fat cocoa powder, milk fat.
85% -Chocolate, cocoa powder, cocoa butter, Demera sugar, vanilla vera beans.
90% -Processed cocoa powder containing chocolate, cocoa butter, alkaline vanilla beans, sugar and bourbon.

www.lindtusa.com

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