Total fat and fatty acid composition of commercially available chocolate candies.
Forty different brands of chocolate candies were purchased in a supermarket. The wrappers were removed and coded, and the candy was re-wrapped in aluminum foil until analyzed. More than 60 percent of the samples had a polyunsaturated/saturated (P/S) ratio of less than 0.10. Although the candies examined had a higher carbohydrate than fat content, fat frequently contributed more calories in the candies containing more than 25 percent fat (15 of the 40 brands studied).
D002099:Cacao / Q000032:analysis*; D002182:Candy / Q000032:analysis*; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D005223:Fats / Q000032:analysis*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*
D002241:Carbohydrates; D005223:Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids