Look, I’ve no interest in arguing the percentage of people that eat a full chocolate bar in one sitting vs not.
What I will point out is that according to a couple headlines I skimmed just now, Snickers appears to be America’s chocolate bar of choice, weighing in at 50g. In the comment you replied to, I was talking about a 180 gram bar of of chocolate.
You won’t catch me eating three and a half Snickers.
Moving on.
I like Consumer Reports. The samples of bars they chose across the chocolate industry seem fine to me. Where I take issue is in the way the data is presented. The article represents neither the manufacturers portion sizing on the nutrition label nor the FDA daily consumption figure.
Also, I’m sure it’s only a fraction of people that bother to read the nutrition labels before purchase. If lead content was written there, then that small group of people would see that information.
I only meant that even these people wouldn’t bother with this type of due diligence - that it would necessitate an organization like Consumer Reports. While it’s an important thing to check, and I am glad they did the checking, my overall point was that the results tell me that lead and cadmium levels in chocolate are not something anyone needs to be particularly concerned about.
If you EVER limit yourself to a portion of a bar you’ve got to be the only person in the world who does that.
I buy large bars of milk chocolate and break off a row of 4 squares to eat at a time. If I’m feeling extra “snacky”, I’ll take another row. I think that’s still less than one of their regular-sized bars.
A lot of candy bars, I’ll eat half at a time, or split it with my partner.
I’m about 6’ tall and on the upper end of a “healthy” BMI.
If you EVER limit yourself to a portion of a bar you’ve got to be the only person in the world who does that.
Of course not. That’s why consumer reports does it for them. You don’t believe samples are representative? That’s ridiculous.
If you eat several bars of chocolate every day you probably have other things to worry about than lead poisoning.
Who said several?
Look, I’ve no interest in arguing the percentage of people that eat a full chocolate bar in one sitting vs not.
What I will point out is that according to a couple headlines I skimmed just now, Snickers appears to be America’s chocolate bar of choice, weighing in at 50g. In the comment you replied to, I was talking about a 180 gram bar of of chocolate.
You won’t catch me eating three and a half Snickers.
Moving on.
I like Consumer Reports. The samples of bars they chose across the chocolate industry seem fine to me. Where I take issue is in the way the data is presented. The article represents neither the manufacturers portion sizing on the nutrition label nor the FDA daily consumption figure.
Also, I’m sure it’s only a fraction of people that bother to read the nutrition labels before purchase. If lead content was written there, then that small group of people would see that information.
I only meant that even these people wouldn’t bother with this type of due diligence - that it would necessitate an organization like Consumer Reports. While it’s an important thing to check, and I am glad they did the checking, my overall point was that the results tell me that lead and cadmium levels in chocolate are not something anyone needs to be particularly concerned about.
I buy large bars of milk chocolate and break off a row of 4 squares to eat at a time. If I’m feeling extra “snacky”, I’ll take another row. I think that’s still less than one of their regular-sized bars.
A lot of candy bars, I’ll eat half at a time, or split it with my partner.
I’m about 6’ tall and on the upper end of a “healthy” BMI.