TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of cocoa origin on the nutritional characterization of chocolate
AU - Panda, António
AU - Alvarenga, Nuno
AU - Lita da Silva, João
AU - Partidário, Ana
AU - Lageiro, Manuela
AU - Roseiro, Cristina
AU - Dias, João
N1 - Funding Information:
AN: conceived, carried out the experiments and wrote the original manuscript; NA: carried out part of the experiments and reviewing; JLS: participated in the methodology, reviewing and editing; AP: participated in the methodology, reviewing and editing; ML: participated in the methodology, reviewing and editing; CR: participated in the methodology, reviewing and editing; JD: supervised the work and was responsible for funding and project administration.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - In the past few years, an increasing growth has been observed in the demand for premium or specialty chocolates, including single origin, produced exclusively from cocoa beans from selected regions, characterized by a specific chemical profile. A comparative study was made with commercial dark chocolates produced with cocoa from Brazil, Cuba, Madagascar, Mexico, Dominican Republic, São Tomé and Venezuela, including nutritional profile, bioactive compounds, mineral composition, organic acids and methylxanthines. Results presented a significant influence of geographical origin on the chemical profile, based on post-hoc single-step multiple comparison Tukey’s HSD test and principal component analysis (PCA). Brazil presented the highest content on PUFA and riboflavin. Brazil and Madagascar presented the highest content on γ-tocopherol, α-tocopherol, antioxidant activity and citric acid. Venezuela presented the highest niacin, Fe and caffeine content. Mexico presented the highest content on fructose. São Tomé presented the highest levels on minerals S and P. However, further investigations should aim for a higher standardization on critical stages, from the selection of varieties to industrial processing.
AB - In the past few years, an increasing growth has been observed in the demand for premium or specialty chocolates, including single origin, produced exclusively from cocoa beans from selected regions, characterized by a specific chemical profile. A comparative study was made with commercial dark chocolates produced with cocoa from Brazil, Cuba, Madagascar, Mexico, Dominican Republic, São Tomé and Venezuela, including nutritional profile, bioactive compounds, mineral composition, organic acids and methylxanthines. Results presented a significant influence of geographical origin on the chemical profile, based on post-hoc single-step multiple comparison Tukey’s HSD test and principal component analysis (PCA). Brazil presented the highest content on PUFA and riboflavin. Brazil and Madagascar presented the highest content on γ-tocopherol, α-tocopherol, antioxidant activity and citric acid. Venezuela presented the highest niacin, Fe and caffeine content. Mexico presented the highest content on fructose. São Tomé presented the highest levels on minerals S and P. However, further investigations should aim for a higher standardization on critical stages, from the selection of varieties to industrial processing.
KW - Chocolate
KW - Fatty acids
KW - Methylxanthines
KW - Nutritional value
KW - Vitamines
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U2 - 10.1007/s00217-022-04070-3
DO - 10.1007/s00217-022-04070-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133625768
SN - 1438-2377
VL - 248
SP - 2569
EP - 2577
JO - European Food Research And Technology
JF - European Food Research And Technology
IS - 10
ER -