You'll go cuckoo too!
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2024
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This really is the only acceptable comment. Might as well close the thread.
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This article didn't go into it, but here's a little background info from how some of these heavy metals end up in chocolate (at least):
The researchers found that cacao plants take up cadmium from the soil, with the metal accumulating in cacao beans as the tree grows. That’s similar to how heavy metals contaminate some other foods.
But lead seems to get into cacao after beans are harvested. The researchers found that the metal was typically on the outer shell of the cocoa bean, not in the bean itself. Moreover, lead levels were low soon after beans were picked and removed from pods but increased as beans dried in the sun for days. During that time, lead-filled dust and dirt accumulated on the beans. “We collected beans on the ground that were heavily loaded with lead on the outer shell,” DiBartolomeis says.
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/
Lead makes things sweeter
Also this is the 2nd lead incident ive seen so far this week
This week? It's only Monday...
Cinnamon recalls. Cinnamon recalls everywhere.
To my knowledge, that is only lead acetate. If it was lead acetate that would be a obvious additive, however the article talks about how the metals are accumulated from the cocoa plants themselves through the soil.
The Ancient Romans used to put lead into their wine for this reason. Fun fact.
It's a good thing I only eat Cadmium Chocolate Creme Eggs around Easter time.
The only candy that fills your belly and warms it too!
Look, I know it's sweet but lead is not an acceptable substitute for sugar.
Lead supposedly does not have an unpleasant taste, unlike other poisons and heavy metals. Combine it with some high-fructose corn syrup and you have a delicious path to heavy metal poisoning!
Wayne and the crew on Letterkenny blame sugar cereals for degen behavior. They might have been onto something here 🤔
You sures abouts that, Jubeis?
'K.
Brings whole new meaning to the catchphrase "Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs."
Huh. I'd have expected cobalt.
Milk chocolate for the win. Never liked dark that much anyway.