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  • February 12, 2018
  • kemi.taenk.dk

Dark chocolate: These unwanted chemicals were found in test


  • Denmark European Union
  • Food / Beverage NGOs Consumer products Carcinogens Hazardous substances

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  • 1,10-phenanthr 11-thiabenzo[a 4H-cyclopenta[ 7H-dibenzo[c,g 9,10-phenanthr Acenaphthylene acridine anthracene anthraquinone anthrone Benz[a]anthrac benz[c]acridin benz[de]anthra benzo(r,s,t)pe benzo[a]fluore Benzo[a]pyrene benzo[b]chryse benzo[b]fluore benzo[c]cinnol benzo[c]fluore benzo[c]phenan Benzo[e]acephe Benzo[e]pyrene benzo[f]quinol benzo[ghi]fluo benzo[ghi]pery benzo[h]quinol Benzo[j]fluora Benzo[k]fluora cadmium carbazole Chrysene coronene dibenz[a,c]ant Dibenz[a,j]acr dibenz[a,j]ant Dibenzo[a,h]ac dibenzo[a,i]ca dibenzo[b,def] Dibenzo[c,h]ac dibenzo[def,mn dibenzo[def,p] dibenzothiophe fluoranthene Fluorene indeno[1,2,3-c indole isoquinoline lead naphthacene Naphthalene naphtho[1,2,3, pentapheno perylene phenalene phenanthrene phenanthridine phenanthro[4,5 phenazine picene pyrene quinoline triphenylene xanthene

A test of 12 bars of dark chocolate from The Danish Consumer Council THINK Chemicals showed that all the chocolates contained unwanted substances, including: cadmium, lead, mineral oils, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

The problematic substances, however, vary widely in quantity. All the chocolates in the test contained the heavy metal cadmium. Cadmium is transferred from the soil to the cocoa beans and therefore ends up in the finished bar of chocolate.

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