Lead and cadmium in dark chocolate: health warning

[Anonymous]

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/

I always felt good about my daily indulgence of dark chocolate, and now I need to worry about high levels of lead and cadmium—even in good chocolate.

[Anonymous]

😭😭😭

[Anonymous]

Not worried and I have dark chocolate daily.

None of these chocolates are being recalled. They are all still under the FDA allowable amount. There is lead in the soil and nearly everything grown in the ground likely has some level of lead in it. Dark chocolate has a lot of heath benefits. Plus it is very high in iron which blocks absorption of lead.

Get your lead level tested if you are concerned, but I don’t think this is concerning

[Anonymous]

There’s a lawsuit, so I doubt it’s NBD.

The actual study cautions against daily dark chocolate even in small amounts.

[Anonymous]

Ouch. Chocolove, has been my mainstay, and I drink hot cocoa without milk, instead of coffee. Back to tea?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s a lawsuit, so I doubt it’s NBD.

The actual study cautions against daily dark chocolate even in small amounts.

The FDA already has issued regulations for lead content specifically in chocolate. The measurable amounts are still very small if they are within the FDA requirements.

[Anonymous]

This is just going to be one of the risks I accept. I don't smoke or drink. I generally try to stay healthy and active. I think I'm okay if it's the dark chocolate that kills me.

[Anonymous]

Scary stuff! I used to eat Human chocolate all the time, yikes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is just going to be one of the risks I accept. I don't smoke or drink. I generally try to stay healthy and active. I think I'm okay if it's the dark chocolate that kills me.

The problem is not that it will kill you, it's that lead and cadmium can damage your kidneys and other organs. Not to mention Alzheimers and dementia.

[Anonymous]

When they found problems with baby food, I gave up. I think we’ve polluted the planet so badly that most of the food we eat has been contaminated in some way, but not eating will surely kill you faster.

I haven’t examined the methodology used in this study, but since I doubt they used multiple samples collected over a year (or longer) for each brand, I think the conclusions are unreliable and irresponsible. The companies aren’t deliberately inserting contaminates in standardized amounts. The contaminants come from their ingredients which probably come from multiple sources at any one time, let alone over an extended period. This seems to be the product testing equivalent of anecdotal evidence. They can give you info on which chocolate had higher/lower levels of lead and cadmium when tested, but that doesn’t mean that the levels will be consistent the next month.

[Anonymous]

Filing this under refuse to accept and carrying on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is just going to be one of the risks I accept. I don't smoke or drink. I generally try to stay healthy and active. I think I'm okay if it's the dark chocolate that kills me.

The problem is not that it will kill you, it's that lead and cadmium can damage your kidneys and other organs. Not to mention Alzheimers and dementia.

Very unlikely considering it is still under the amount considered safe to consume without causing health effects

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Scary stuff! I used to eat Human chocolate all the time, yikes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Filing this under refuse to accept and carrying on.

Yep!

Sweet potatoes, spinach, molasses, and many many foods have measurable amounts of heavy metals including lead. Carry on.

[Anonymous]

Oh good. I can stop feeling bad about never eating chocolate this dark. Not a fan of anything over 65%.