When it comes to hot chocolate, it doesn't matter the age, as this drink makes everyone agree! A true Proust madeleine, it warms our hearts and warms up our autumn as well as our winter. Therefore, impossible to do without! Kids love it for breakfast. If consumers often look for references less sweet andrich in vitamins , there are many brands that praise the merits of powdered chocolate , wrongly. Indeed, the magazine 60 million consumers, which enlightens us on a daily basis, both on household products and beauty products (such as shower gels), today points out the "foods that poison us" and denounces in passing the “numerous nutritional aberrations” .
Therefore, in its October 2021 issue "Cereals, chocolate... friends of breakfast", the magazine analyzed has 60 references of cereals and chocolates in powder and presents those that offer the best nutritional balance . Thus, around fifteen references from major brands (Banania, Nesquik, Poulain, Van Houten, etc.) and distributor brands (Carrefour Bio, Cora, etc.) were scrutinized. References then contain very little cocoa, this is particularly the case of Ovaltine (13%), Banania (19%), Nesquik (23%). The main ingredient seems to be sugar. The magazine specifies that in "a 200 ml bowl provides on average 20 g of sugars:this represents 40% of the recommended intakes" . Similarly, these powders are not high in fiber. "The less cocoa they contain, the less fiber they are" can we read on the site of 60 million consumers.
Therefore, the magazine60 million consumers indicates that the Ovaltine would contain too much sugar and additives, this reference is then in last place of the classification. At his side, Cankao without aspartame from Canderel, arrives penultimate. It contains three synthetic sweeteners in its composition.
If you are addicted to hot chocolate, prefer products with a high cocoa content and lowsugar content , and containing no additives. The magazine recommends the raw organic cocoa powder from the Jolivia brand , which obtained a score of 16.5/20 thanks to its good nutritional values and the absence of additives.
