Dark chocolate lovers, we have a problem
tested 28 dark-chocolate bars for lead and cadmium, including ones from Ghiradelli, Scharffen Berger, Lindt, Dove, Godiva, and even Trader Joe’s. Of those 28, 18 were found to contain levels of lead or cadmium in just one ounce of product that are above what is deemed safe by California standards for maximum allowable dose levels ; five were found to contain unsafe levels of both lead and cadmium.
reported that an average chocolate bar ranges from 1.5 ounces to 3.5 ounces, so if you’re eating more than a few squares of chocolate a day, you might want to rethink your habits., long-term exposure to high levels of lead and cadmium can cause developmental problems in young children and pose threats to pregnant women. It can also reportedly lead to “nervous system problems, hypertension, immune system suppression, kidney damage, and reproductive issues.
As John Hopkins Medicine toxicologist Andrew Stolbach told NPR, the MADL is meant to be “very conservative” to protect higher-risk individuals. “The safety levels for lead and cadmium are set to be very protective, and going above them by a modest amount isn’t something to be concerned about,” he said. “If you make sure that the rest of your diet is good and sufficient in calcium and iron, you protect yourself even more by preventing absorption of some lead and cadmium in your diet.
This sounds bad, but there is some good news: five of the 28 chocolate bars tested were deemed to be “safer” — meaning they contain less than California’s MADL. These “safe” bars include: Mast’s Organic Dark Chocolate 80% Cocoa, Taza Chocolate’s Organic Deliciously Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao, Valrhona’s Abinao Dark Chocolate 85% Cacao, Ghiradelli’s Intense Dark Chocolate 86% Cacao, and Ghiradelli’s Intense Dark Chocolate Twilight Delight 72% Cacao.
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