Let’s face it, all of us chocolate Although we like to eat it, we know that it is not very healthy. These products are made by adding large amounts of refined sugar to ingredients that largely come from the cocoa plant. Even though dark chocolates contain less refined sugar, they are still not healthy enough to be classified as “healthy.”

That’s why scientists are working on creating chocolates that we can call ‘healthy’. A new study does just that, and chocolate by literally recreating the recipe and making it healthier brings. The findings have been published via Nature Foods.

They aimed to reduce the sugar content

Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology decided to make chocolate from as much fruit as possible. Similar reduce refined sugar and it aimed to create a much healthier alternative compared to the traditional chocolates currently on the market.

Chocolate is made by combining ingredients from the cacao plant, refined sugar and saturated fatty acids from the fruit. All this makes it an unhealthy snack. The researchers’ goal is to discover a healthy version of it by focusing on the first step in this process.

To do this “theobroma” They used the said cocoa tree. They transformed the seeds into pods through an extensive fermentation process, then roasted and ground them. In this way they turned into a thin paste and formed the basis of the ‘cocoa mass’ used in chocolate making.

Healthy chocolate tasted just as good as regular chocolate

Then they took the fiber-rich part called endocarp and dried it. After grinding it into powder, they combined it with fruit juice to replace the refined carbohydrates used in traditional recipes. As a result of all this A delicious and healthy chocolate whose taste is no different from any other produced.

Without refined sugar A product as sweet as regular chocolate Discovering this is truly a significant achievement. We can say that it is a big step forward in creating healthier options. We will see in the future whether such products will actually be available in stores.