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#31 normalizing

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Posted 16 September 2018 - 08:02 PM

hi, any updates on high catechin cocoas with less heavy metals in them? im interested in which areas of the world the most clean cacao is produced. so far, african sourced cacao is the worst in several articles i have read. ecuador is also there when it comes to south america but i have no information on other areas, if anyone can add something it will be nice. i also lost this article but i read indonesian cacao is high quality, but there is not a single source material for sale coming from there...


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Posted 17 September 2018 - 06:17 PM

hi, any updates on high catechin cocoas with less heavy metals in them? im interested in which areas of the world the most clean cacao is produced. so far, african sourced cacao is the worst in several articles i have read. ecuador is also there when it comes to south america but i have no information on other areas, if anyone can add something it will be nice. i also lost this article but i read indonesian cacao is high quality, but there is not a single source material for sale coming from there...

great list here

 

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https://www.asyousow...oxic-chocolate/


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Posted 17 September 2018 - 07:28 PM

so the ones with no warning required do not contain either cadmium or lead? well, that sucks since those are crappy products i dont usually eat :(

 

but i was hoping we collect a list of country producers of cocoa and their quality when it comes to adulterants and heavy metals, other toxins etc. so far i only read bad quality coming from most african countries, and only ecuador was mentioned from south america and not much else at all. hardly anything out there helping out with this issue



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Posted 17 September 2018 - 09:13 PM

This is the cocoa -- https://en.wikipedia...lebaut#Products

 

"Acticoa contains higher levels of polyphenol antioxidants than any other chocolate."

 

And here's the coffee fruit:

 

http://www.futureceu...cts/neurofactor

 

The flax is also worth mentioning as it's in the top 10 list from this paper on the "identification of the 100 richest dietary sources of polyphenols": http://www.nature.co...ml#figure-title

 

You could easily throw this together by picking up Acticoa + NeuroFactor... or just using some random brand of cacao powder and coffee fruit.  I wasn't going by the price but by the formulation.

 

 

Where do you find Acticoa?  Their website seems to want to sell to commercial producers unless I'm missing something.



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Posted 18 September 2018 - 12:13 AM

so the ones with no warning required do not contain either cadmium or lead? well, that sucks since those are crappy products i dont usually eat :(

 

but i was hoping we collect a list of country producers of cocoa and their quality when it comes to adulterants and heavy metals, other toxins etc. so far i only read bad quality coming from most african countries, and only ecuador was mentioned from south america and not much else at all. hardly anything out there helping out with this issue

 

yeah the crappy products have less cadmium simply because they have less cocoa, thats all. 

 

Just like you wish there was more info on this subject, just cant find any. 


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Posted 19 September 2018 - 06:58 AM

maybe just concentrate on removing cadmium since chocolate is the least of the problem, that crap is all over us in all places


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Posted 13 January 2019 - 09:51 PM

great list here

 

scroll down

 

https://www.asyousow...oxic-chocolate/

 

yeah i wish they were listing the percent or amount cadmium and lead per serving. it will help people make a better choice because its obvious EVERY item contains either both or separate of those metals. its not very reliable table at all



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Posted 13 January 2019 - 11:35 PM

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Posted 28 March 2021 - 11:14 AM

Pretty much every chocolate brand and product fails Labdoor's evaluation, many of them because of heavy metal content.

 

https://labdoor.com/review Search "Chocolate"


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