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A Third of Chocolate Products Are High in Heavy Metals, CR's Tests Find - Consumer Reports (www.consumerreports.org)
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[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 19 points 11 months ago (3 children)

DO NOT BUY WALMARTS GREAT VALUE HOT CHOCOLATE MIX!

Holy shit, +300% of lead

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Research indicates that lead and cadmium get into cocoa in different ways. For cadmium, it appears that the cocoa plant takes it up from the soil. Lead, however, can be deposited on the cocoa beans after harvest, potentially from dust and soil as beans dry outdoors.

Sounds like this potentially affects nearly all chocolate.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Looking at the data provided though, Walmart great value hot chocolate mix is especially egregious.

[–] Sightline@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

God damn, thank you.