Seventy% - Topic: Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

seneca on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:27:54 +0000

Thanks for the link!

I would really like to know the products sampled for their study, especially since in my experience it's pretty hard to find premium chocolate of any description in the LA area (where they say they collected their samples :-) That, in conjunction with the mention of cocoa powder (which is off-topic for most premium bars), makes me think that this sampling is basically one of mass-market (or, as they say: "popular, readily available") chocolate products.

I do wonder if there would be a substantially different finding with a narrower look at various segments of the chocolate marketplace, especially those closer to the hearts of the seventypercent crowd...hopefully some other pieces of research will be forthcoming.

alex_h on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:12:21 +0000

cool, monte! thanks!

will have a look asap...

Hans-Peter Rot on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:10:23 +0000

Go here: http://www.aesi.ws/projects/chocolate/index.htm

It's the American Environmental Safety Institute's web-site. Pretty informative.

alex_h on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:03:29 +0000

well, as far as i know they never tested amedei and domori and the like. so i guess you're right, it is a very general statement.
they've listed the chocolates they've tested with their respective levels of cadmium i suppose, but to read this information you have to pay a fee.
i avoided that by having a peek at the print issue at the newsstand when it came out. unfortunately that was a while ago and i don't remember much.
i think they mainly tested german chocolates and few really worth a mention, eg, rausch and vivani.
if i find the info or decide to pay for it i will keep you informed.

ellie on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:53:02 +0000

Alex, have they actually named the names then? Have you been able to find out more? I mean, it's pretty general statement - fine chocolates have more cadmium.

alex_h on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:26:23 +0000

can i avoid cadmium if i eat only organic chocolate?

ellie on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:18:41 +0000

I see, thanks.

alex_h on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:07:01 +0000

machine translations aren't the best.
in the part that you are quoting, ellie, they are not talking about the cadmium levels. in this case they are talking about the amount of cocoa solids in each bar tested. the bars listed were those where cocoa content was not exactly as declared.

ellie on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:58:48 +0000

Interesting, though does not feel enough reseached. Hope i understood correctly, but the chocolates they state as worst, Cote D'Or 86% Cacao Noir-de-Noir, and Viviani Bitter 85% Cacao, I have always presumed to be made from african, not venezielian cocoa.

Masur on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:49:00 +0000

Free Language Translation - Sticky in forum "Chocolate shows, salons and events":
[url]http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=405[/url]

"Porcelana: The Holy Grail of Pure Criollos" (Maricel E. Presilla)

alex_h on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:39:39 +0000

my source is a german consumer guide. here is a link to the article (in german, of course):

[url="http://www.oekotest.de/cgi/ot/otgs.cgi?suchtext=Bitterschokolade&doc=37472&pos=0&splits=0:1638:3392"]cadmium in chocolate[/url]

masur has a list of links to machine translation tools here somewhere to help.

ellie on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:33:31 +0000

What was your source, Alex? Recent tests?

alex_h on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:32:36 +0000

yo, me too! .)
but if they're really that toxic, i dunno.
domori says their sambirano is organic even though not labeled as such. if, in addition to that, it also has lower levels of cadmium...

Masur on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:57:14 +0000

I prefer Venezuelan bars[:)]!

"Porcelana: The Holy Grail of Pure Criollos" (Maricel E. Presilla)

alex_h on Dagoba recall because of lead contamination

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:26:19 +0000

whew! that's seems like a lot!
so, shall we all stick to african cacao?