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The Office of the Federal Consumer Attorney (prophecy) revealed what are the worst brands of chocolatebecause they could harm the health of users or who they can be found in their labeling information. Through an analysis carried out on several brands, the institution through the Consumer magazine revealed the results.
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On a day as special as February 14, when love is celebrated, people tend to give chocolates, so the prophecy he sought to help people in their election and to show off with their gifts.
In this way, a study in various chocolates and the results revealed that some brands did not respect what they indicated on their labelingfor this reason, they got poor qualifications and ranked them among the worst in the market.
The variety of chocolates covered by the analysis included from bitter to options that have some filling, so it was pointed out that this type of product must not contain any vegetable fat other than cocoa butter in a percentage higher than 5%, in case of exceeding this percentage, the prosecution recommended to avoid acquiring this type of chocolate.
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Likewise, he recommended paying sufficient attention to the type of fat used in different chocolates, as some manufacturers tend to use it to be able to tamper with the productbesides the hydrogenated vegetable fatsas good as saturatedthey can increase bad cholesterol levels some blood.
Another way to assess whether a the chocolate is of good quality is that must not leave layers of fat in the mouth, Otherwise, it is a sign that it could contain fat, i.e. milk or hydrogenated fats, or in another case, trans fats, which can harm your health.
In addition, he mentioned that the consumption of this type of sweets should be moderate, since for each 100 grams of chocolate could be consumed around 597 kilocaloriesthat’s about a quarter of the daily caloric intake a person needs.
Each of the brands mentioned below has been classified in this way since did not conform to what was indicated on its labelingso they resorted to false advertising and lied to consumers:
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– Ferrero Rocher: in its presentation of the assortment of collection chocolates, since according to the study, its container of 24 pieces uniquely eight of them are real chocolatesTHE the remaining 16 are cookies with a creamy filling accompanied by pieces of almonds and hazelnuts.
– Lindt Lindor: in its filled chocolate presentation, it received poor marks because it is a imitation, that is, it does not contain cocoa; However, use excess vegetable fatsuch that it has been classified as one of them lies in its labeling and falls within the practice of using false advertising.
– Colosseum Moments Cocoa Chocolate: according to the office of the Attorney General, it is a fake chocolateas it is on its labeling and does not include pieces of cocoa beans in its mix.
So that within the brands analysed: La Suiza, Lindt Lindor, Lady Godiva, Bremen Cerize, Sanborns Chocolates, Hershey’s, Picard, Colosseo, Laposse, Turin, Carlos V and Ferrero Rocher, among others, the three previously mentioned were the lowest rated.
It should be noted that each of the products studied complied with standard 186 which stipulates: “Chocolate is considered to be a homogeneous product made from a mixture of cocoa paste, cocoa butter, cocoa and sugars.