Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days agoWhy US chocolate tastes weird to the rest of the worldwww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down11
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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoApples and rice in the US were found to be contaminated with arsenic from the soil. Farms are moved, soil is treated, processing is changed. Here what can be done for Chocolate: https://www.asyousow.org/blog/2022/8/17/new-report-explains-simple-safe-and-low-cost-solutions-to-reduce-levels-of-lead-and-cadmium-in-chocolate Some brands of chocolate do not have high lead. It’s not a necessary part of chocolate production.
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoThanks for that link, didn’t know that lead is mostly from human sources.
Apples and rice in the US were found to be contaminated with arsenic from the soil. Farms are moved, soil is treated, processing is changed.
Here what can be done for Chocolate:
https://www.asyousow.org/blog/2022/8/17/new-report-explains-simple-safe-and-low-cost-solutions-to-reduce-levels-of-lead-and-cadmium-in-chocolate
Some brands of chocolate do not have high lead. It’s not a necessary part of chocolate production.
Thanks for that link, didn’t know that lead is mostly from human sources.