Some health benefits of chocolate mainly come from polyphenols in cocoa, which has a strong antioxidant effect and is good for cardiovascular health care and improving skin function.

How to choose high quality chocolate?

1, look at the cocoa content marked on the package:

I have seen dark chocolate with cocoa content of 50%, 60%, 70%, 85%, 90% or even higher on the market. The so-called cocoa content represents the number of ingredients in cocoa beans (cocoa liquor+cocoa butter). The higher the content, the higher the beneficial components. If you don't care about the taste, choose for health, the higher the cocoa content, the better; If you want to take care of the taste, chocolate with 50%-70% cocoa content is more acceptable.

2. "Bitterness" is the true color of chocolate;

The beneficial ingredients in chocolate are bitter, so the really high-quality chocolate "bitterness" is its true color and its essence! Chocolate and sucrose will greatly reduce the "health effect"! Therefore, when choosing chocolate, you should not only choose chocolate with high cocoa content, but also choose "bitter" chocolate with low sugar or no sugar! This kind of "bitterness" can be realized by eating and eating.

3. Say no to cocoa butter!

Cocoa beans are the source of chocolate taste and health. Some inferior chocolates can be "silky" without any cocoa beans. These "contributions" should be attributed to "cocoa butter substitution". Cocoa butter substitute is a kind of artificially hydrogenated vegetable oil, which not only has no nutritional value, but also "makes trouble" in human body, raising bad cholesterol, lowering good cholesterol, increasing blood viscosity and promoting thrombosis! This kind of chocolate is not only unhealthy, but also harmful to human body. Stay away!