Saturday, August 16, 2008
Dark Chocolate
There are a lot of products in the market that boast about their antioxidant properties. One way of checking whether a certain food has antioxidants is by getting their ORAC value. ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. The US department of agriculture (www.usda.gov) posted a list of foods and their ORAC values. One of the articles say that more cocoa content means higher antioxidant capacity. Dark chocolates have higher ORAC values as compared to milk chocolates. I guess it has less fat too and more of the cocoa to suffice your craving. Though the score is high, antioxidant tests like ORAC simply measure the antioxidant potential in a test tube. Neverthless it's nice to know that dark chocolates have high antioxidant properties. So when having a chocolate craving, I look for a dark chocolates instead. It makes feel less guilty.
Lindt chocolates are very popular because of it's quality & taste. I like and prefer dark chocolates. Recently, I had Lindt 70% Extra Thins. They are thin squares about a square inch each and only about 1 mm thin. What I like about it is it's thin so you only get a thin piece each time. That allows you to savor and enjoy the taste and still have a lot left in the box. Most chocolate bars are thick and it's just not thin enough for babies. You still need to slice into small pieces. With Lindt extra thins, just get a pinch and it's big enough for the baby to much. This is my nephew's first chocolate. Next try is Lindt 85% Extra Thins. Can't wait! :)
