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published October 6, 2008
Chocolate Nutrition Facts
by rizzle
Chocolate Nutritional Facts
Everybody has their own favorite type of chocolate, but unfortunately not all chocolates are created with the same health benefits. Read on to see the nutrtional facts about your favorite chocolate, if this isn't what you are looking for we also have this page full of chocolate facts.
Milk Chocolate
Milk chocolate is probably the most consumed chocolate on the planet, and is the favorite amongst Americans.
Ingredients: Sugar, cocoa butter, full cream milk powder, cocoa liquor, lecithin, vanillin. Cocoa min. 31.5%.
Milk Chocolate Nutritional Facts:
| Serving Size | 1oz. or 28.6g |
| Calories | 157 |
| Protein | 1.7g |
| Total Fat | 10g |
| Saturated Fat | 6g |
| Cholesterol | 5g |
| Fiber | 0.57g |
| Carbohydrates | 15.44g |
| Sugars | 15.15g |
| Sodium | 26.8mg |
| Potassium | 98mg |
| Calcium | 52mg |
| Vitamin E | 128mg |
| Riboflavin | 84mg |
White Chocolate
According to the FDA, white chocolate is not even technically a chocolate. According to the FDA, chocolate must contain cocoa liquor in order to fall into the chocolate family. nonetheless, here is all the nutritional facts about white chocolate.
Ingredients: Sugar, full cream milk powder, cocoa butter, lecithin, vanillin. Cocoa min. 27%.
White Chocolate Nutritional Facts
| Serving Size | 1oz. or 28.6g |
| Calories | 162 |
| Protein | 2g |
| Total Fat | 10.58g |
| Saturated Fat | 6.57g |
| Cholesterol | 8.58g |
| Fiber | 0 |
| Carbohydrate | 14.87g |
| Sugars | 14.87g |
| Sodium | 31mg |
| Potassium | 97mg |
| Calcium | 78mg |
| Vitamin E | 147mg |
| Riboflavin | 118mg |
Dark Chocolate
If you are going to pick any chocolate to eat on a daily basis, I would highly recommend picking Dark chocolate as it has the most health benefits of all the other chocolate options. Dark chocolate contains a very high dose of antioxidants as well as offering many other health benefits.
Ingredients: Cocoa liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, lecithin, vanillin. Cocoa min. 53.5%.
Dark Chocolate Nutritional Facts
| Serving Size | 1oz.or 28.6g |
| Calories | 150 |
| Protein | 1.7g |
| Total Fat | 10g |
| Saturated Fat | 6g |
| Cholesterol | 0.28g |
| Fiber | 3.14g |
| Carbohydrate | 13.15g |
| Sugars | 12.58g |
| Sodium | 29.5mg |
| Potassium | 153mg |
| Calcium | 9.1mg |
| Vitamin E | 102.49mg |
| Riboflavin | 32.3mg |