Raw Chocolate vs. Roasted Chocolate: Is One Healthier?
This is an interesting discussion at The Chocolate Life about whether raw chocolate is healthier (or tastier) than roasted chocolate. We’ve heard that roasting chocolate destroys some of its nutritional properties, but is that really true? As far as taste, you wouldn’t eat raw coffee beans, and roasted chocolate can taste better than raw chocolate.
“Recently, at a San Francisco chocolate event, I overheard the people at the Xocai booth telling the public that the heathful anti-oxidants in chocolate are destroyed by roasting, which is clearly not the case when you look at ORAC ratings. However I would be very interested to hear any thoughts on actually how much of a change roasting makes, and any references to studies on this. Raw chocolate has not been cooked past 114 degreesF I believe, does it taste as good?……”
Raw chocolate, how raw is it really? – The Chocolate Life.
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