MILK CHOCOLATE VS OTHERS CHOCOLATE

Each type of chocolate have different nutritional composition, and thus have different potential impacts on health. Composition requirements vary depending on the name given to the marketed product. Here I want to compare milk chocolate to others chocolate to well understand their ingredients and their role for our health.

White chocolate: It does not contain cocoa but is made exclusively from cocoa butter. It also includes milk, sugar and sometimes flavors.

Milk chocolate: It contains a dry matter (that is to say, what remains once the water evaporated by heating) at least 25% cocoa solids.There is less fat than dark chocolate but sweeter.

Dark chocolate: It is also called bitter sweet chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate must contain at least 35% cocoa solids and at least 18% cocoa butter and 14 % of fat-free cocoa.

Different nutritional characteristics

White chocolate and milk chocolate contain more than twice the simple sugars that dark chocolate. Dark chocolate contains more fat than the other two types of chocolate. In detail, it has a higher content of saturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated much white chocolate fats and milk chocolate. Meanwhile, protein contents of the three types of chocolate vary slightly, 8 g (white chocolate and milk chocolate) to 9.3 g (dark chocolate). Finally, dark chocolate is the only one of three types of chocolate to be considered high in fiber. It provides 12.7 g of fiber louse 100 g or 1.3 g of fiber to 10 grams consumed.

POLYPHENOLS: Compounds naturally present in the cocoa polyphenols have antioxidant properties that fight against oxidative stress on body cells and, ultimately, contribute to limit the development of cardiovascular disease and cancer. They are found in other foods such as green tea, pomegranate or red wine.

MAGNESIUM: Dark chocolate is rich in magnesium, an essential trace element in the body as it plays a role in metabolic intermediate and is involved in the replication and repair of DNA. The Nutrient Reference Value (NRV) of magnesium amounts to 375 mg / day. A square of dark chocolate 10 g and covers 5.5% of NRV magnesium.