Consumer Reports tested 28 dark chocolate bars, including Dove, Ghirardelli, Lindt, and Hershey's, for lead and cadmium. For 23 of those bars, just an ounce of chocolate violates California's ...

But there’s a dark side to this “healthier” chocolate. Research has found that some dark chocolate bars contain cadmium and lead—two heavy metals linked to a host of health problems in ...

Testing of 28 different dark chocolate bars from popular brands by Consumer Reports has found concerning levels of two heavy metals, cadmium and lead, in 23 of them, as described by Kevin Loria ...

A biologist at the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences advises consumers to think twice when deciding which ...

The study found cadmium and lead in every single bar. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, Consumer Reports last month called on chocolate makers, including Theo, to commit by Feb. 14 to ...

The study found cadmium and lead in every single bar. Consumer Reports last month called on chocolate makers, including Theo, to reduce levels of heavy metals in their bars by Feb. 14. The letters ...

Researchers found that all 28 chocolate bars contained cadmium, a natural element found in soil that ends up in cocoa beans; and lead, which contaminates the beans naturally through the environment.

Of 28 dark chocolate bars tested, all contained both metals, one study by Consumer Reports found in December. Of those, 18 were considered high in either lead or cadmium while five were high in both.

Frame’s report, published Wednesday in Frontiers in Nutrition, follows a 2022 analysis by Consumer Reports that detected cadmium and lead in 28 dark chocolate bars. For 23 of the bars ...

Perhaps you're one of the many people who've switched from milk to dark chocolate because the latter has less sugar and more ...

Inc. in the suit)) sold products with unsafe levels of lead and cadmium (specifically, the 70% and 85% cocoa bars) but it also claimed that the company failed to disclose that information to ...