Analyzing Chocolate

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Hi folks:

Saw some dark chocolate chips at a sensible price in a store today,

and bought them before analyzing the nutrient data (didn't have my

calculator with me). I will be returning the package for refund

tomorrow.

First, the fat calories amount to about 40% of total. Ten percent

would have been better. But also, carbohydrates are **fourteen

times** the protein content. This indicates a gigantic added sugar

component. No wonder the price was sensible - sugar is cheaper than

cocoa.

What is more, the sugar addition dramatically 'diluted' the 'fat

calories percent total' number also. If we figuratively remove

enough of the added sugar to bring the carbs down to just double the

protein, then the fat calories must have amounted to about 76% of the

total calories before the sugar was added.

A good example of dark, transfat-free, chocolate NOT to buy. (But I

had been impressed by the total absence of transfats in the

ingredient list! DUH!)

Rodney.