Locked: (Warm) Lindt EXCELLENCE 70% Cacao Dark Chocolate Bar, 100 Grams - $2.67

Upon first title read, I thought they selling warm chocolate

Was this chocolate on the list of high lead and cadmium?

sumguy12004 wrote: ↑ Upon first title read, I thought they selling warm chocolate

2006 member..

Elusive wrote: ↑ Was this chocolate on the list of high lead and cadmium?

High in Cadmium

cooper83 wrote: ↑ High in Cadmium

Was looking for this, found it.

WTF?! This is great education on my part so thank you @cooper83 for the link and @Elusive for the heads up. But damn... what other foods do I not know about that might be laced with toxic/poisonous stuff?

CR article likely US based, so wonder about all the PC bars I've got and have been using in my baking.

Faaaaaaack.

Wait until we find out what we eat in meat and produce feeding from the toxic waterways leading from the catastrophic train derailment into Ohio river last week.



You might find some answers here:
what crops are grown using the water from the Ohio River Watershed?

Elusive wrote: ↑ Was this chocolate on the list of high lead and cadmium?

Yes, the brand was apart of the study. It's quite unfortunate, as I found these bars to be one of the best tasting.

Gqsmooth wrote: ↑ Yes, the brand was apart of the study. It's quite unfortunate, as I found these bars to be one of the best tasting.

cooper83 wrote: ↑ High in Cadmium

What do you think makes it taste so good?

TH3R wrote: ↑ WTF?! This is great education on my part so thank you @cooper83 for the link and @Elusive for the heads up. But damn... what other foods do I not know about that might be laced with toxic/poisonous stuff?

CR article likely US based, so wonder about all the PC bars I've got and have been using in my baking.

Faaaaaaack.

"To determine the risk posed by the chocolates in CR’s test, we used California's maximum allowable dose level..."
"CR’s scientists believe that California’s levels are the most protective available."
"The researchers found that cacao plants take up cadmium from the soil, with the metal accumulating in cacao beans as the tree grows. That’s similar to how heavy metals contaminate some other foods."
"But lead seems to get into cacao after beans are harvested."

So, pretty much all chocolate is affected by this. And California Proposition 65 is just crazy. Under it, pretty much everything has to be labeled "known to the state to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm".

TH3R wrote: ↑ WTF?! This is great education on my part so thank you @cooper83 for the link and @Elusive for the heads up. But damn... what other foods do I not know about that might be laced with toxic/poisonous stuff?

CR article likely US based, so wonder about all the PC bars I've got and have been using in my baking.

Faaaaaaack.

Some context:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/dark-cho ... -1.6744120

TL;DR - Everything in moderation

alpovs wrote: ↑ "To determine the risk posed by the chocolates in CR’s test, we used California's maximum allowable dose level..."
"CR’s scientists believe that California’s levels are the most protective available."
"The researchers found that cacao plants take up cadmium from the soil, with the metal accumulating in cacao beans as the tree grows. That’s similar to how heavy metals contaminate some other foods."
"But lead seems to get into cacao after beans are harvested."

So, pretty much all chocolate is affected by this. And California Proposition 65 is just crazy. Under it, pretty much everything has to be labeled "known to the state to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm".

So agree with this last bit. Nearly *eveything* is labelled this way, rendering the warning kind of pointless -- there's no way of differentiating what's legitimately dangerous and what's just overkill. You'd have to go off the grid and farm your own food to avoid.

Bishop8 wrote: ↑ So agree with this last bit. Nearly *eveything* is labelled this way, rendering the warning kind of pointless -- there's no way of differentiating what's legitimately dangerous and what's just overkill. You'd have to go off the grid and farm your own food to avoid.

Disneyland has this warning posted at the entrance. Nothing kills the vibe of The Happiest Place on Earth™ than a disclaimer saying "Oh, and you're gonna get cancer, kid"

It's lost all its meaning and did so pretty much immediately upon its introduction.

cooper83 wrote: ↑ Some context:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/dark-cho ... -1.6744120

TL;DR - Everything in moderation

I swear RFD got some of the most educated shoppers in the world. I learn new stuff all the time from RFDers.

But yeah agree about the moderation tip. That’s basically the general life tip.

Gotta figure out now what I eat or do in excess that falls outside of “moderation” so I don’t die too early.

cooper83 wrote: ↑ Disneyland has this warning posted at the entrance. Nothing kills the vibe of The Happiest Place on Earth™ than a disclaimer saying "Oh, and you're gonna get cancer, kid"

It's lost all its meaning and did so pretty much immediately upon its introduction.

Yeah I used to travel to Cali 3-4 times a year before for work and first time I got there, like every place I stepped into had that prop 65 warning. It was mainly the hotels that caught my eye, as I never heard of Prop 65 until visiting Cali. If you’ve ever been to Cali and got to know the vibe there, you’ll know why it suits that state. It’s such a California thing.

But yeah, bc that warning is on literally everything there, it’s lost all meaning as everyone has mentioned.

Gqsmooth wrote: ↑ Yes, the brand was apart of the study. It's quite unfortunate, as I found these bars to be one of the best tasting.

Yup when I saw Lindt on the list I was sadden as I have consumed many of these bars over the years

cooper83 wrote: ↑ Some context:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/dark-cho ... -1.6744120

TL;DR - Everything in moderation

I laughed when the chocolate maker suggested that chocolates were meant to be something you savoured, and not gorged.

I see this one at dollarama very often.

cooper83 wrote: ↑ High in Cadmium

ACK I ate so many of the Green & Black's with the amazon sale. Bleh!