Allergen info: Contains milk and soy. May have traces of almonds,
hazelnuts and gluten.
Overall Product Ranking: B
I have never been a huge fan of
white chocolate. I have always been a dark chocolate person who occasionally
will eat milk chocolate. Being such a huge fan of Divine’s dark and milk lines,
I decided to venture out of my comfort and knowledge zone and write about something
different.
As creamy as the white chocolate is
and as crispy the strawberries are, I can help but wonder how much dietetic
value I get compared to Divine’s dark chocolate like (which really is divine,
if you have not tried them). So I did a little digging for this post.
Many chocolates, dark, milk, and
white contain cocoa butter as their primary fat of choice. Cocoa butter
contains a 50/50 split of two types of fat, heart healthy monounsaturated oleic
acid (the same fat as olive oil) and stearic that is found in butter or palmic
acid (both saturated fats). Many researchers believe that even though cocoa
butters are 50% saturated fats, they also believe that these same fats,
specifically stearic acid are not fully absorbed into the body. What does this
mean? It means that the saturated fats have a neutral effect on regulating cholesterol
levels, leaving the other 50% of oleic acid to do its heart healthy work
lowering cholesterol!
Although Devine’s white chocolate
is delicious, I am not able to give it as high of score as their dark line for
dietetic profile. Although they use cocoa butter, the freeze dried strawberries
with depleted nutrient content and 0g of fiber will have to lower their score.
RANKING:
Would I purchase
again: Maybe.
Palatability Grade: A
Potential for
Improvement: YES!
Dietetic Profile: B-
Overall Grade: B
© Kate Ezra Wolf, 2012
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