Is dark chocolate a clean food?

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_John_
_John_ Posts: 8,641 Member
in Food and Nutrition
And if so, is there a % cocoa that separates clean from "unclean"?

I say 70% or higher or it's just candy. Unless it's dove, and then it's just brown colored food grade wax.
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  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
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    This is my favorite: Intense Dark 86% Cacao Midnight Reverie Bar

    it's so yummy
  • bciloveme2014
    bciloveme2014 Posts: 213 Member
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    I eat all kinds of dark chocolate, but I try to have DOVE most of the time because it does not have High Fructose Corn Syrup.
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
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    I like slave-free dark chocolate.

    If I ate a lot of dark chocolate
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,641 Member
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    I eat all kinds of dark chocolate, but I try to have DOVE most of the time because it does not have High Fructose Corn Syrup.

    Hmm...I've never seen a dark chocolate have any HFCS. My favorite is the 70% mint flavored stuff with the big gorilla on the wrapper. Green & Blacks is good for "just the chocolate" though.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
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    I'm with you. If it's not healthy, it's a waste.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,065 Member
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    Sure, wash it with this before you eat it

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  • Shuuma
    Shuuma Posts: 465 Member
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    Honestly, if it hasn't been on the floor, I call it clean.

    I like the Ghiradelli (sp?) 60% dark squares. You can have 3 for about 60 calories.
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
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    You people with your clean vs. unclean, healthy vs. unhealthy, when are you going to learn that food is food? There's nothing unhealthy about chocolate, be it dark, milk, or white. What makes a food "clean" anyway? There are only unhealthy quantities of food, not the food itself. Back to your debate of he inane. :yawn:

    Rigger
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    I eat all kinds of dark chocolate, but I try to have DOVE most of the time because it does not have High Fructose Corn Syrup.
    Try Green & Black's instead. Much better quality.
  • Squidgeypaws007
    Squidgeypaws007 Posts: 1,012 Member
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    Only when you wash it :)
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
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    The definition of "clean food" I am familiar with is "natural". So, unless the food exists in nature, it's not 100% clean.

    But a food made from 100% natural ingredients could arguably be considered 'clean', in which case it would depend on the dark chocolate.

    In my world, there are varying degrees of 'clean'.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
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    If it started out as white chocolate, then no. Otherwise, yes.
  • purecircuitx
    purecircuitx Posts: 3
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    I don't really know what defines "clean" but I imagine its the amount of ingredients/processing?

    I would say the cleanest dark chocolate is cocoa nibs... pure and 100% cocoa. They are basically the cocoa bean roasted and broken into pieces. Very little processing and no added ingredients for maximum health benefits. Definitely an acquired taste though!

    My suggestion? Always look for the least amount of ingredients. Cocoa and sugar are all you need! I personally love Taza chocolates. They have a 95% bar that only contains cocoa beans and sugar. Try it!! :)
  • dmkoenig
    dmkoenig Posts: 299 Member
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    Not sure what you mean by "clean". I am not aware of a definitive boundary between "good" and "bad" chocolate - the higher levels of dark chocolate will have more of the nutritional benefits associated with chocolate, but if you are more interested in those benefits rather than the simple joy of eating chocolate as a pure gratification then I would recommend checking out raw cacao nibs. They are pure 100% unadulterated cacao but come with a natural bitterness. They are best consumed as part of a trail mix (like with raw almonds and dried goji berries for a bit of sweetness) or in recipes. Over time the palate develops an affinity for less sweet stuff if that's what you feed yourself. Otherwise, eat the chocolate you really enjoy (in moderation of course) and don't sweat whether it's uber dark, dark or moderate...
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
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    I don't really know what defines "clean" but I imagine its the amount of ingredients/processing?

    I would say the cleanest dark chocolate is cocoa nibs... pure and 100% cocoa. They are basically the cocoa bean roasted and broken into pieces. Very little processing and no added ingredients for maximum health benefits. Definitely an acquired taste though!

    My suggestion? Always look for the least amount of ingredients. Cocoa and sugar are all you need! I personally love Taza chocolates. They have a 95% bar that only contains cocoa beans and sugar. Try it!! :)

    Cocoa and sugar? What kind of sugar?
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
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    http://www.askinosie.com/shop-chocolate/chocolate-bars/collabaration-bars/dark-chocolate-coffee-collabaration-bar.html#.U1qys3ZZjq4
  • purecircuitx
    purecircuitx Posts: 3
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    Organic cane sugar.
  • scraver2003
    scraver2003 Posts: 528 Member
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    I don't really know what defines "clean" but I imagine its the amount of ingredients/processing?

    I would say the cleanest dark chocolate is cocoa nibs... pure and 100% cocoa. They are basically the cocoa bean roasted and broken into pieces. Very little processing and no added ingredients for maximum health benefits. Definitely an acquired taste though!

    My suggestion? Always look for the least amount of ingredients. Cocoa and sugar are all you need! I personally love Taza chocolates. They have a 95% bar that only contains cocoa beans and sugar. Try it!! :)

    Cocoa and sugar? What kind of sugar?

    I HAS to be clean sugar....
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
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    You people with your clean vs. unclean, healthy vs. unhealthy, when are you going to learn that food is food? There's nothing unhealthy about chocolate, be it dark, milk, or white. What makes a food "clean" anyway? There are only unhealthy quantities of food, not the food itself. Back to your debate of he inane. :yawn:

    Rigger

    haha. I ignored the clean/unclean aspect . I love chocolate. :)
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
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    Organic cane sugar.

    So, processed sugar.

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