April 22, 2019.
Easter is undoubtedly the day of the year when the French consume the most chocolate. Here is how to choose the one you will offer to your table.
How to choose your chocolate?
At Easter, all excess chocolate is allowed, but some will be more beneficial for your health than others, and for that it all comes down to the choice of the type of chocolate that you will hide in your garden. Black, milk or white, your heart swings? Look at a health angle to better choose them. Know in fact that in reality, only dark chocolate can legitimately bear the name “chocolate”. The manufacture of the latter involves very precise specifications with a high cocoa content, which is not the case with its cousin in milk, which must contain only 25%, at least, of dry cocoa components, or white, which actually contains only cocoa butter.
This difference in composition therefore results in large nutritional differences.. Thus, dark chocolate is undoubtedly the one that contains the least added sugars (21g per 100g), unlike white chocolate (57g per 100g) and milk chocolate (51g per 100g).
Watch out for industrial chocolates
On the other hand, it is dark chocolate which contains the most lipids. Despite this, it is the latter that offers the most benefits for your health. Many studies have shown the benefits of cocoa on the body : rich in magnesium, iron or potassium, it offers a protective effect against stroke, cardiovascular disease, hypertension or diabetes.
Be careful, however, about the origin of your dark chocolate. Industrial chocolate, sold in supermarkets, is certainly less expensive, but offers a poorer composition., in particular because, to compensate for a lower cocoa content, which is quite expensive, manufacturers tend to add sugar. So prefer products sold in chocolate factories, which guarantee you a quality composition.
Gaelle Latour
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