One lawsuit argues that Trader Joe's should have known there were traces of cadmium and lead in the chocolate. Instead, Trader Joe's allegedly decided to "ignore the health of the consuming public in pursuit of profit," thelawsuitfiled in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of N...
Pennsylvania-based chocolatierHershey has been sued by a consumer for allegedly selling lead and cadmium-filled dark chocolate, according to reports. Reuters reported on Thursday that Nassau County, New York resident Christopher Lazazzaro filed the proposed class action lawsuit against Hershey infederal ...
Our daughter is frequently snacking on chocolate up in her favorite tree, squirrel-like. Recent articles published by the New York Times and Consumer Reports have raised consumer awareness around the presence of heavy metals like lead and cadmium in chocolate. While these reports were news to ...
A multiyear analysis of 72 consumer cocoa products found 43% contaminated with lead above acceptable levels, while 35% surpassed cadmium thresholds, according to research led by scientists at George Washington University and published Wednesday in Frontiers in Nutrition. "Cocoa-containing products are no...
Group calls chocolate toxic, citing lead, cadmium levels.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)Adamy, Janet
2.Then there’s very popular dark chocolates showing up high in lead and cadmium.Consumer Reportsmeasured the amount of heavy metals in 28 dark chocolate bars. They detected lead and cadmium inallof them. Many frequently reward themselves with “healthier” dark chocolate for its high antioxidants...
Milk sweet had the highest Pb:Zn and Cd:Zn ratios of 0.99 and 0.40 respectively. For chocolates, the Emperor had the highest Pb:Zn (0.50) ratios and Trident had the highest Cd:Zn (0.57) ratios. The calculated percentage provisional tolerable weekly intake (%PTWI) of cadmium from ...
Though none of the kits exceeded any legal or regulatory limits for lead and cadmium, heavy metals were found in all of the kits. When compared against California’s maximum allowable dose level (MADL)—the most protective lead standards available in the absence of federal limits—five kits wo...
Hu Organic Snacking & Baking Dark Chocolate Gems test positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium. Here’s the August 2024 laboratory report. 2024· 2024 Article· 2024 Food Article· Food· Food Testing Note: We have not yet raised all the necessary funds for covering the cost of testing...
Study Finds Worrisome Levels of Lead and Cadmium in ChocolateEach year around Valentine's Day, I receive a small but steadystream of press releases touting...Perry, Susan