Milk chocolate - composition, benefits, harm and price
Which chocolate is most loved in the world: milk or dark? The results of various studies are similar to the figures of exit polls during the presidential election: the difference is a few percent. It seems that dark chocolate wins at the global level - 52% against 48%. But in the United States, for example, milk is confidently leading. Despite the fact that it has a lower cocoa content, and therefore not such pronounced health benefits, it is much sweeter and much more popular with children.
Milk chocolate contains from 35% to 55% cocoa mass and cocoa butter, about 20% milk powder and 20-25% sugar.
This product retains all the beneficial properties of dark varieties, but the effect is less pronounced. However, it has a much higher sugar content, so those who limit sweets in their diet should be careful.
The price of milk chocolate can vary significantly depending on the manufacturer. After all, many reduce the cost of sweets through the use of cocoa powder, vegetable oils instead of high-quality cocoa butter, substitutes such as soy.
Useful properties and disadvantages of natural milk chocolate
First, about two disadvantages that are not really disadvantages.
- Milk chocolate is more caloric than dark chocolate. If the daily recommended portion of black chocolate is 30-50 g per day, then adults can have 20 g of milk chocolate. For children - 20 g per week. Of course, if you lead a very active lifestyle, you can eat more chocolate, but always consume sweets responsibly.
- If you are allergic to cocoa and avoid bitter varieties, then give preference to white rather than milk chocolate - there is no cocoa mass in white chocolate, only cocoa butter, which does not cause a reaction.
Everything else is a preference:
- From the tryptophan contained in chocolate, our brain produces the hormone of happiness serotonin.
- Thanks to this delicacy, memory and attention improve.
- Cholesterol returns to normal, and blood pressure decreases. Double energy and benefits are milk chocolate with nuts.
Milk chocolate price and its factors
Belgian milk chocolate is much more expensive than ordinary varieties. It is silky, melts easily and is a total gustatory delight. Its delicate texture is the result of a high content of expensive cocoa butter. In turn, the price of cocoa in the world also fluctuates. More than 70% of cocoa is produced by African countries such as Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. Therefore, all the events that take place there, from drought to civil unrest, affect the price of cocoa.
Some manufacturers are trying to make sweets cheaper. Real milk chocolate is not so easy to buy: the market is full of fakes with cocoa powder, soy and a bunch of chemical additives.
Buy terroir milk chocolate in Ukraine: Zhytomyr and other cities of Ukraine.
Terroir chocolate is a special pride of the Wander brand. We are talking about sweets from rare mono varieties of cocoa grown in the most remote corners of the planet. In the Wander catalog you will find unsurpassed milk chocolates from Costa Rica, Venezuela, Vietnam and Vanuatu. You can order them on the brand's website or write to the direct on the Wander pages in social networks. If you are in Zhytomyr, visit our cafe-boutique at 4\2 Peremohy Square.
