----- 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 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
