Eight chocolate products cost Competition
Jiashili Chocolate Wafers is no list of ingredients, cocoa butter only to see the food flavors
Last week, the newspaper reported the findings of 10 cost hot chocolate market, there are many consumers after understanding the reporter asked why these hot chocolate than most are $ 50, the price is relatively expensive side of it? There are also a lot of chocolate-based foods are very cheap, most ten dollars can buy a big bag, a few dollars can buy a bag of some, such chocolate, chocolate cookies. This reporter visited Guangzhou, supermarkets and found that indeed there is a lot of chocolate products look very cheap, but on closer inspection they found that these so-called cheap and big portion of chocolate products, basically free of representatives of chocolate gold The main ingredients: cocoa butter. The reporters found that most of them are added cocoa butter, cocoa butter and some even do not, only the modulation of the chocolate flavor taste.
Than taste
Lindt delicate facilitation, cocoa butter content ≥ 27%
The Express reporter compared the eight chocolate and chocolate-related products, in interviews, reporters found that the biggest reason people choose chocolate and its products, or to see the taste. In chocolate, chocolate wafer cookies and chocolate on the palate is the most recognized Lindt, Dove and other relatively pure Some chocolate; secondly is Ferrero, Hershey chocolate hazelnut and flattered, etc. Moreover is Alpine, EcoWater Lin et chocolate, and finally Nestle, Jiashili, etc. chocolate (flavored) saltine crackers.
Insiders said the judge taste for chocolate, good chocolate is certainly very easy to melt the delicate taste. The industry has made a good chocolate commented: only melt in the mouth, does not melt in the hand. A chocolate-related products manufacturing company official said, speaking from the senses, the kind that melts chocolate is also relatively pure taste better, if more difficult to melt the instructions to join a number of other things, such as cocoa butter. Well-known and more popular brands, Lindt is relatively pure, because it is very easy to melt in the summer is hot, the room temperature will melt, which explains its relatively high content of cocoa butter.
Reporter visited the market also found in a variety of well-known chocolate products, only Lindt chocolate marked cocoa butter content ≥ 27% in the list of ingredients, others such as m & m Milk Chocolate, Snickers Chocolate Peanut and other ingredients in the product marked only the milk chocolate and milk chocolate contains only pure cocoa butter, which also contains sugar, skimmed milk powder, anhydrous butter, lecithin, vanillin accounts for a relatively high component of other raw materials . If m & m milk chocolate milk chocolate beans just inside to contain sugar, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, lactose, cocoa butter, refined edible vegetable oil, milk fat, emulsifiers, salt, edible spices which 10 kinds of raw materials.
Than content
EcoWater Lin chocolate but without the higher price of cocoa butter
So, in addition to the majority of Lindt chocolate and other chocolate products, because neither directly indicate the cocoa butter content, and how to judge whether its delicate taste lubrication it?
Insiders said that the first to see whether they contain cocoa butter, cocoa butter, but if does not contain cocoa butter, then in terms of taste or nutrients, are relatively not so good. Cocoa butter has antioxidant function, cardiovascular protective effects on the human body, therefore, the content of the cocoa butter is also known as chocolate gold. Cocoa butter is no such function when selecting chocolate, pay attention to the inside of the cocoa fat content. China Food Industry Association Professional Committee of candy experts said. Nutrition experts also said that cocoa butter is a trans-fatty acids, and natural cocoa butter is different, the body would have adverse effects, such as causing indigestion, promote kidney function decline, prompting the formation of atherosclerosis, leading to iodine deficiency and to promote gout episodes.
Express reporter visited the Guangzhou market found on the packaging are in sharp image shows the Alpine chocolate chocolate sandwich toffee and chocolate sandwich toffee EcoWater Lin, both priced at 0.07 yuan / g and 0.10 yuan / g, after were slightly higher price, from the appearance of the product and the product name is not much difference between the two. But reporters found after careful observation of the list of ingredients, the Alps toffee chocolate sandwich is mainly used in chocolate, cocoa powder and cocoa butter and other raw materials, which also showed that 27% of the total content of the chocolate, and chocolate also contains 36% cocoa liquor; while the price is still slightly more expensive for EcoWater Lin toffee chocolate sandwich, but it displays the list of ingredients is the main raw cocoa butter chocolate, in addition to cocoa butter and cocoa does not contain any ingredients. Insiders said that the Alpine chocolate toffee, cocoa butter sandwich, a higher cocoa content, and lower prices, obviously more cost-effective.
Ratio of ingredients
Jiashili Chocolate Wafers free chocolate ingredients
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In addition to this makes it difficult to distinguish between good chocolate, there are some other people Tiao chocolate products. Even when the reporter visited found cocoa butter in chocolate products can be divided into several categories, some of which contains cocoa powder, cocoa butter which contains some, which is what some are free, so-called chocolate flavor is completely concocted. If monkey Mak Su cocoa butter chocolate products, cocoa powder ingredients where there; while Nestle cocoa butter crunchy shark white chocolate wafer, which is the main component of cocoa butter; still a Jiashili Chocolate Wafers, packaging Although India has a significant positive cocoa beans photos, but reporters found closer look at its list of ingredients, the ingredients without any major raw cocoa and chocolate-related ingredients, even cocoa butter did not. But the reporter was seen in the list of ingredients, food flavors, industry analysts said, obviously, this Jiashili Chocolate Wafers completely free of any chocolate ingredients, the taste of chocolate flavor is completely out of tune, In front of the package, but the main ingredient of chocolate cacao promotional image, it is easy for consumers to purchase misunderstandings lead to errors.
Tips
Chocolate and cocoa butter chocolate distinction
Chocolate refers to cocoa products (cocoa butter, cocoa liquor or cocoa powder), sugar and / or sweeteners as the main raw material, with or without added dairy products, food additives, solid food made by a particular process. Non-cocoa butter in chocolate content shall not exceed 5%.
Cocoa butter chocolate is cocoa butter, sugar and / or sweeteners as the main raw material, with or without added cocoa products (cocoa butter, cocoa liquor or cocoa powder), dairy products, food additives, made by a particular process to maintain a solid or semi-solid state at room temperature, and has a chocolate flavor and food traits. Cocoa butter are made by using vegetable oil hydrogenation process, the study shows that cocoa butter containing hydrogenated trans fats, high cholesterol levels, long-term consumption of high doses can lead to elevated cholesterol and diabetes.
Source: China News Express Update