Table 2

Polyphenol analysis* high cocoa liquor/polyphenol rich chocolate and simulated iso-calorific chocolate (cocoa liquor free/low polyphenol)

High Cocoa Liquor/Polyphenol

Rich chocolate

Simulated iso-calorific

chocolate

(Cocoa Liquor Free/Low

Polyphenol)

Polyphenols

Folin

17.4 mg ECE/g

3.9 mg ECE/g

Catechin

0.37 g/kg

< 0.05 g/kg

Dimer B2

0.80 g/kg

< 0.05 g/kg

Epicatechin

1.23 g/kg

< 0.05 g/kg

Trimer C

0.58 g/kg

< 0.05 g/kg

Tetramer D

0.33 g/kg

< 0.05 g/kg

Dimer B5

0.32 g/kg

< 0.05 g/kg

*Analysed by Nestlé UK Quality Assurance Laboratory

Sathyapalan et al. Nutrition Journal 2010 9:55   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-55