VALUE OF CHOCOLATE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 726, 27 July 1929, Page 25

VALUE OF CHOCOLATE

‘ __ RICH IN COLOURS In ordinary chocolate the relative proportions of nib. cocoa. butter and Sugar vary considerably. but in the composition or a high-class eating Chocolate there would be 31 per cent. of cocoa butter and 52 per cent. of sugar. This converted into energy—:iVins power calories a pound would be translated as'cocoa butter 1.327 calories and sugar 973. and allowing 16'.‘ calories for other digestible carbohydrates. and I‘6 for protein, gives a. total number of calories 2.538. This figure. \\‘ilhollt comparison. is not of sufficient importance. so a table is Riven below showing the relative Values 0! foodstuffs on the basis oi’ calories a pound. Foodstuffs Calories 3‘“ Purchased, alli. i'abhnzc .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 121 l‘odfish .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 209 -\PP1C5_............. .. .. 214 Potatoes .. '.. .. .. .. .. .. $301!. Milk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. :14 liens .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31H ;..Ret>f Steak .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 901) “read (arc-rage white) .. .. .. 1.150 oatmeal .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.811 Surat. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.815 l‘r-ct-a .. .l .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.25); Eating chocolate .. .. .. .. .. 2.538 The fuel value of milk chocolate is even greater than that of plain chocolate. yielding 2.615 energy-giving caicries a. pound. and it is generally recog—nised that milk Chocolate is the most nutritious of all sweetments. which is easily understood when in one pound 0! chocolate (high—grade milk chocolate) there is threequarters of a pound of chocolate and two pounds of milk. Milk chocolate retains all the cream proteins. sugar. phosphates and calcium o! the original milk. as well as the important vitamins A. B and D. During the war. chocolate was very much valued as a. compact food. and all polar expeditions carry chocolate as an essential part of the diet.