Chocolate

Science: Getting to the heart of chocolate’s benefits

Special edition: Healthy chocolate

Science: Getting to the heart of chocolate’s benefits

By Stephen Daniells

In the second part of our special series on the health benefits of cocoa polyphenols, NutraIngredients looks at the science behind the claims, and asks how much is too much

Chocolate again linked to better heart health

Chocolate again linked to better heart health

By Stephen Daniells

Increased intakes of chocolate may decrease the risk of a heart attack victim from dying from heart-related problems, according to a joint US-Swedish study.

Snack Size Science: Hershey’s healthy chocolate cake

Snack Size Science: Hershey’s healthy chocolate cake

By Stephen Daniells

FoodNavigator's Snack Size Science brings you the week's top science every two weeks. This week we look at how to make chocolate cake healthier, and boosting the nutritional profile of gluten-free bread.

Lindt trials chocolate-powered fuel

Lindt trials chocolate-powered fuel

By Sarah Hills

The chocolate maker Lindt is teaming up with a power plant in the hope of using cocoa shells, which are a by-product from its processing facilities, to produce ‘green’ fuel.