It's time for Easter shopping, and chocolates of various kinds are all over supermarket shelves.
Dark chocolate is often termed healthier as it has less sugar. But, is it true?
According to dieticians of the Queensland University, dark chocolate isn't always a healthier option
Some dark chocolates contain surprisingly high amounts of sugar. It depends on the cocoa percentage and recipe.
Look for 70 per cent cocoa or more when you buy chocolate. In a higher-quality dark chocolate, cocoa should appear first in the ingredients list, not sugar.
A higher-quality dark chocolate might list its ingredients in this order: cocoa mass, cocoa powder, cocoa butter, sugar, and vanilla.
A lower-quality dark chocolate might look like this: sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifiers, flavour, milk solids.
If sugar is listed first, it's the largest ingredient by weight.