Healthy Chocolates in the Indian Market

Introduction

• Challenges with common chocolates like Dairy Milk, 5 Star, Snickers:
  • High sugar content
  • Less real chocolate
• Purpose: Sharing 5 healthy chocolates and a homemade chocolate recipe

Types of Chocolates in the Market

• Thick center chocolates: 5 Star, Barone, Snickers
  • Often considered a source of energy but have low cocoa content
• Wafer type chocolates: Munch, Perk, KitKat
• Bar type chocolates: Dairy Milk, Milky Bar
  • All these types are more sugar candies than real chocolates

Characteristics of Real Chocolate

• Not necessarily the 99% cocoa bitter dark chocolates
• Should be healthy and taste good
• Check for source of sweetness: Prefer fruit, jaggery, desi khand, mishri over chemically refined sugar, invert syrup, dextrose, glucose

Recommended Healthy Chocolates

1. The Whole Truth’s Chocolates

• Variants: Badaam chocolate, chocolate fudge bars, dark chocolates
• Ingredients: Crown 31% cocoa, almonds, date powder
• Compared to 5 Star which has >20 ingredients, and <10% cocoa
• Sweetened with date powder
• Cost: Rs 75
• Available on: Blinkit, Big Bazaar
• Other variants: Choco fudge bars with 44% peanuts, dark chocolates with 47%-71% cocoa. Price: Rs 60-75

2. Sante Foods Dark Chocolate

• Sweetened with jaggery
• Contains ayurvedic herbs: shatavari, shankhpushpi, brahmi
• Price: Rs 105 for 50 grams
• Contains emulsifiers

3. Aadvik Foods Chocolate

• Types: Camel milk chocolate, goat milk chocolate
• Benefits: Goat milk increases libido, camel milk may increase height
• Ingredients: Organic cocoa beans, unrefined organic raw sugar, natural vanilla flavor
• Price: Rs 225

4. Anutamma’s Chocolate

• Made with A2 milk chocolate
• Sweetened with khandsari sugar
• Less sugar compared to Dairy Milk (20 grams vs. 47 grams per 100 grams)
• Ingredients: Cocoa, A2 milk, khandsari sugar
• Price: Rs 195

5. Darkins

• Suitable for dark chocolate lovers
• Ingredients: Naturally farmed cacao, organic unrefined cane sugar, sanikatta river salt
• Price: Rs 265

Homemade Chocolate Recipe

• Ingredients: Natural cocoa powder, coconut oil, milk powder, crushed nuts, desi khand
• Method: Double boiler method
  • Combine ingredients, whisk for 10 seconds, refrigerate for 1-2 hours
• Cost: Around Rs 60 per bar

Conclusion

• Commercial cheap chocolates often reduce cocoa content, use artificial flavors, and low-cost fillers like hydrogenated oils
• Healthy chocolates, though pricey, offer better nutrition and taste
• DIY chocolate can be a cost-effective and healthier alternative

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