40% of women would be chocoholic, terms to describe the chocolate addiction. For three out of four people, no other product or food can satisfy this compelling desire. They explain their addiction to chocolate by the pleasant sensation that gives them chocolate melting in the mouth and its orosensory characteristics: taste, fragrance and texture. Chocolate contains a lot of cocoa butter (fat) and sugar.
- We adopt the good chocolate
From black to 70% cocoa for its low Glyx (from 20 to 25). Rich in cocoa butter, 1 tasting square (44 to 50 Cal) weighs 3 g of fat and 2.5 g of sugar.
- Between black and milk ?
At around 500 calories per 100 g, only their Glyx changes and amounts to 70 for milk. Same caloric weight for white chocolate that contains cocoa butter, milk and sugar, but no cocoa.
- The light : top or intox ?
Although it can be reduced in sugar, its lipid content often remains the same. In addition, polyols that replace sugar cost 2.4 Cal per gram. "And what's more, it's getting tighter, because the taste buds are dissatisfied and the brain is looking for the original taste of the product, so make fun of it!", Decrypts Dr. Jean-Michel Cohen *.
To read absolutely, « I like chocolate By Stéphanie Zeitoun (Alysse ed.)
- We trick with ...
The Whif, the cigar-inhaler of Michelin star chef Thierry Marx. Its particles sprinkle the palate for 1 Cal. Chocolate, choco-mint, choco-raspberry perfumes. € 1.80, on www.lewhif.com.
