Cupid has a smile oh so sweet
Loved ones your prayers have been answered.... Switzerland's Barry Callebaut has developed a range of oh so delicious chocolate said not only to appeal to the tastebuds but also to protect the heart.

This Swiss gentleman is the world's largest producer of chocolate, Barry Callebaut has plans to offer not only "guilt-free" such a gnostic thought!, such as no-sugar, ranges but also "good-for-you" chocolate....a most loving gnostic christian dimension....

The company's secret is polyphenols, a natural ingredient in vegetables and fruit that are plentiful in cocoa beans but are partly destroyed in the process of making chocolate.

Polyphenols could prevent cancers and cardiovascular diseases, and tests in rats have already shown they can help improve memory and the ability to learn.Once you start eating these goodies you will never forget to eat more...

"What started this off is the so-called French paradox," said Barry Callebaut's head of research, Dirk Poelman. "People in the south of France live longer, although they drink a lot of red wine and eat fatty cheese."

Red wine also contains polyphenols but Poelman said at half the level found in dark chocolate.

That could prove to be the firm's formula for success.

Barry Callebaut, whose retail brands include Sarotti and Gubor, has developed a way of preserving the polyphenols in the process of making chocolate from the cocoa bean, to be sold under its Acticoa trademark.

The polyphenol-rich "good-for-you" chocolate as well as sugar-free "guilt-free" chocolate were launched in April in Belgium...Angels by the legion trumpted the arrival....

Because most of the polyphenols - antioxidants that are said to be good for cholesterol levels, blood pressure and long-term memory - are lost in fermentation, a proportion of beans in Acticoa chocolate are just washed but not fermented. Awsome prayers and petitions .....

Barry Callebaut, created in 1996 by merging Callebaut with French rival Barry, has teamed up with universities to scientifically prove the health benefits for humans of its polyphenol-rich chocolate.

"We can't make any claims yet so we are doing these tests," Poelman said. "The point with this chocolate is that you eat it because it tastes nice and then on top of that it can also be good for you."

For now, polyphenols seem to be a godsend only for lovers of dark chocolate.
- posted by Samuel Bell @ 9:41 PM