Lead in Lindt Chocolate

[kelvedon]

Yet another delight is not what it seems.
Lead in chocolate, @JessicaTam will not be the only one disappointed!

Lindt admits its chocolate isn't actually 'expertly crafted with the finest ingredients' in lawsuit over lead levels in dark chocolate

Lindt has unsuccessfully tried to end a class action lawsuit in the U.S. following investigations into the presence of heavy metals in dark chocolate bars.

fortune.com

 

[JessicaTam]

Funnily enough, Lindt has never been a chocolate of choice for me.

Maybe my subconscious knew something was up!

 

[Pushka]

Funnily enough, Lindt has never been a chocolate of choice for me.

Maybe my subconscious knew something was up!

It's always Haighs for me. The only chocolate that never disappoints. The packaging and marketing of Lindt is brilliant, well, clearly untrue now but still. I look at the packages then buy them then end up not eating them. Maybe the Easter bunnies are ok but never understood the bell other than cuteness. Haighs doesn't advertise much in the media but never fails.

 

[JessicaTam]

It's always Haighs for me. The only chocolate that never disappoints. The packaging and marketing of Lindt is brilliant, well, clearly untrue now but still. I look at the packages then buy them then end up not eating them. Maybe the Easter bunnies are ok but never understood the bell other than cuteness. Haighs doesn't advertise much in the media but never fails.

And FruChocs of course.

 

[Pushka]

And FruChocs of course.

Sadly old age means changing tastes.

I don't like them anymore.

 

[DejaBrew]

Hmm... as I look at the 2kg bag of 70% cocoa Lindt Dark Chocolate sitting in my kitchen cupboard, I can't help but wonder about the lead and cadmium content

Also... had absolutely no idea that Lindt acquired Ghirardelli back in 1998?!?!

 

[anat0l]

Disturbing... not sure how this will sit within the Swiss community.

But probably more disturbing (or just inherently baffling) is that other manufacturers have higher levels of said metals? I mean, I realise that metals are in all foods we eat (including fruits and vegetables), some of them useful to the body, and the body can tolerate a fair number of undesirable metals (or undesirable concentrations)........

 

[Disco]

Yet another delight is not what it seems.
Lead in chocolate, @JessicaTam will not be the only one disappointed!

Lindt admits its chocolate isn't actually 'expertly crafted with the finest ingredients' in lawsuit over lead levels in dark chocolate

Lindt has unsuccessfully tried to end a class action lawsuit in the U.S. following investigations into the presence of heavy metals in dark chocolate bars.

fortune.com

This is a worry indeed. I eat the 90% bars - forget the advertising, tend to ignore. I would really like to know what the cadium/iron levels are. Probably depends from where the beans are sourced. I notice the article states Lindt didn't have the highest levels tested.

 

[tgh]

More here

Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate - Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports tested 28 dark chocolate bars and found cadmium and lead in all of them. Here's how to limit your heavy metal exposure.

www.consumerreports.org

 

[Disco]

More here

Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate - Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports tested 28 dark chocolate bars and found cadmium and lead in all of them. Here's how to limit your heavy metal exposure.

www.consumerreports.org

Thank you, that's (unfortunately) very informative.

 

[p--and--t]

Intrigued as to where Cadburys and Moser Roth sit

 

[Freq Flier 2013]

Would have never though that lead is an issue with chocolate or other products. A very interesting read.

 

[Disco]

Intrigued as to where Cadburys and Moser Roth sit

Possibly with Cadburys they don't use the cocoa bean (that's a joke). Yes, be good to see a more comprehensive list and it notes the testing is conservative. There is also the Aus regulation that foods have to comply with.

 

[Lynda2475]

Lindt, Green & Blacks and Godiva are common in Aussie supermarkets, the other brands like Hershey and Ghiradelli less so.

Excluding small boutique chocolates most US brands taste awful due to a propensity to use cheap vegetable fats instead of proper cocoa butter.

Would be good to see a similar report for local brands, which also includes milk and semi-dark.

Most of the world's cacao beans are grown in poor places, where likely not as strict re soil testing. Interesting also that most of the lead contamination is post harvest, something that could be addressed with site and process improvement (although at a cost).

 

[Quickstatus]

It is not a new problem and I suspect is not isolated to Lindt.

cocoa bean

Also most assume only the bean is used.... There is a % of shell contamination . I don't remember...