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by pengaru 1112 days ago
Dark chocolate isn't exactly the safest food, even unsweetened:

https://time.com/6243073/heavy-metals-dark-chocolate-food/

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For those curious, here's the report linked in that article:

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-...

A similar problem exists with Polonium-210 uptake in tobacco... although no one ever called tobacco healthy or safe. I basically live on dark chocolate, wine, red meat and tobacco, so we'll see what gets me first.

I guess the would matter on where in the world too the cocoa was grown. In the Caribbean the soil wouldn't have heavy metals.
Add to that the high oxalate content in dark chocolate.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S08891...