Can you imagine eating lead and cadmium? 'Cause it could be happening while you're sipping on a bitter chocolate. This warning was made by scientists and published in the journal Consumer Reports.
In the research, 28 dark chocolate bars of different brands were analyzed and all had an element called cadmium, usually present in the soil. In this way, it is assumed that they infiltrated the cocoa beans. In addition to cadmium, lead was also found in the produce, although this appeared to leach after the beans were harvested.
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It is important to emphasize that both materials can be related to several types of health problems, and their consumption is totally contraindicated, as they can lead to pulmonary and cognitive complications, cancer and even death. precocious.
In this way, researchers fear long-term exposure to the materials, since lead can trigger some complications such as abdominal pain, mood swings, high blood pressure and even memory loss in the adults. In children, however, the damage is even more impactful, such as damage to the central nervous system or brain, which can trigger behavioral and learning problems, for example.
According to what was demonstrated in the research, in relation to 23 of the analyzed bars, consuming only 30 grams daily would already be the equivalent of an exposure harmful, as considered by public health authorities.
Check below the brands of chocolates that were considered dangerous due to the amount of cadmium and lead in their composition:
High lead chocolates:
- Lindt Excellence Dark Chocolate 85% Cocoa;
- Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate 72% Cocoa;
- Lily's Extra Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa;
- Hershey's special semisweet chocolate;
- Chocolove Strong Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa;
- Chocolove Extreme Dark Chocolate 88% Cocoa;
- Endangered Species Bold + Silky Dark Chocolate 72% Cocoa;
- Godiva Signature Dark Chocolate 72% Cocoa;
- Hu Organic Simple Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa;
- Tony's Chocolonely Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa.
Chocolates with a high cadmium content:
- Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa;
- Beyond Good Organic Pure Dark Chocolate 80% Cocoa;
- Organic Dark Chocolate Alter Eco Classic Blackout 85% Cocoa;
- Equal Exchange Organic Extra Dark Chocolate 80% Cocoa;
- Dove Promises Deeper Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa;
- Lindt Excellence Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa;
- Pascha Organic Very Dark Chocolate 85% Cocoa;
- Scharffen Berger Extra Dark Chocolate 82% Cocoa.
Finally, it should be noted that, despite all the bars analyzed in the survey having shown some rate of cadmium and lead, five of them had low levels, which are safer for consumption. These bars are as follows:
safer bars
- Ghirardelli Intense Dark Chocolate 85% Cocoa;
- Ghirardelli Intense Dark Chocolate Twilight Delight 72% Cocoa;
- Mast Organic Dark Chocolate 80% Cocoa;
- Taza Organic Chocolate Deliciously Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa;
- Valrhona Abinao Dark Chocolate 85% Cocoa.
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