----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: Scouted: Cocoa Has More Antioxidants Than Red Wine, Tea


> On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 12:02:48PM -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> >
> > -Cocoa had 611 mg of phenols and 564 mg of flavonoids.
> >
> > -Red wine had 340 mg of phenols and 163 mg of
> > flavonoids.
> > -Green tea had 165 mg of phenols and 47 mg of
> > flavonoids.
> > -Black tea had 124 mg of phenols and 34 mg of
> > flavonoids.
>
> Thanks for posting this. Unfortunately, the links are rather sparse on
> details. Any idea what type and/or form of cocoa they tested? Did they
> just buy a tin of Hershey's cocoa and test 3 spoonfuls of powder? Did
> they mix cocoa powder with hot milk and add sugar and then test that?
>
> Just wondering, because I drink a lot of Nestle's instant hot chocolate
> made from packets with "cocoa processed with alkali", just add hot water
> (it has dry milk powder, whey, and some other stuff in it, too). I
> wonder how the phenol and flavonoid content of the Nestle instant powder
> compares with straight Hershey's cocoa out of the tin.
>

That's a good question (and an obvious one that I am currently too oblivious
to have thought of). Judging only by taste they are completely different
animals.

xponent
Cocoa Or Chocolate Maru
rob


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