Chocolate! PLEASE ANSWER! I'M DESPERATE!!!?!
Chocolate! PLEASE ANSWER! I'M DESPERATE!!!?
DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY BRANDS OF CHOCOLATE THAT DON'T CONTAIN STEARIC ACID?
Stearic Acid―It may sound less gross than "lard," but stearic acid, which often rears its ugly head in chocolate and vitamins, comes from a fatty substance taken from slaughtered pigs’ stomachs―or from cows, sheep, or dogs and cats euthanized in animal shelters. Still want to chew on that piece of Fido?
I thought eveyone should know (although you probably don't want to-in such cases ignorance is bliss!)that most chocolate contain stearic acid,so if you're a chocolate addict who thinks their leading a committed vegetarian life-style, think again!
Again,does anyone know any brands of chocolate that don't contain stearic acid??? I'm one of those chocolate addicts!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
7 months ago
Beatle ?, I already did my research, thanks kindly. I don't believe that I am jumping to conclusions.
7 months ago
Source: http://www.petakids.com/candy.html...
7 months ago
don't like dark chocolate as much as milk. Does anyone know any milk chocolate brands?
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7 months ago
Beatle ?, I already did my research, thanks kindly. I don't believe that I am jumping to conclusions.
7 months ago
Source: http://www.petakids.com/candy.html...
7 months ago
don't like dark chocolate as much as milk. Does anyone know any milk chocolate brands?
Santander chocolates, from Colombia, are world class and contain NO stearic acid from animals. Of course, like all real chocolate, it does contain naturally occurring vegetable stearic acid.
Additional information: I read through the chemical analyses of Lindt and Cailler chocolates - no animal stearic acid. then I spent some time reviewing the analyses of all the fine chocolates at my favorite upscale chocolatier - not one of them had animal-based stearic acid.
For your purposes, staying away from the mass-produced chocolates [Mars, Hershey, and the like] should also preserve your vegetarian integrity.
Good luck to you
Source(s):
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.j...
thanks for the info! i'm a chocolate lover too and will check the ingredient list the next time i buy some :) you should be able to find if you eat more dark or organic choc--more costly, though... hope you find some :p
Stearic acid doesn't necessarily come from animal fat, it could come from vegetable oils as well. Do some research on this before jumping to wild conclusions.
Holy crap... I never heard of this! I just did some googling and you are correct. Now I'm also going to be on the search for stearic acidless chocolate. I'm sure they make it! Thankyou for educating me. I know carrob (spelling?) is used in place of chocolate in vegan recipes. I can't think it tastes the same or even close, though.
I think you're worried about nothing. Stearic acid is a vegetable fat as well as an animal fat. Take a look at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/stearic_aci...
And although one-third of chocolate's fat comes from stearic acid, stearic acid does not raise LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) as do most other saturated fats. Stearic acid is converted in the liver to oleic acid, a heart-healthy, monounsaturated fat.
I am looking at the ingredients list on a bar of Lindt & Sprungli Extra Fine Dark Chocolate, and there is -no- stearic acid listed...just (in order) chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, and vanilla. There is also a warning that there may be traces of peanuts, soybean, tree nuts and milk--probably as a heads-up for folks who might be allergic. So unless you are a complete vegan who can't have milk, you can eat this chocolate.
Another option: look for chocolate with a "U" on it. That means it's kosher, and there will definitely be no animal innards in it.
Eew. Thanks for calling my attention to this!
One of my sons is a chocolatier. He imports cocoa beans from African and Central American countries and uses the purest ingredients. I know his chocolates contain no stearic acid because I've read the ingredients. I'm betting this is true of all the "better" (i.e. gourmet) chocolates.
But wait. I just went to Google, hoping to find some brands to recommend. What I found instead is that stearic acid has many sources, and one of them is cocoa butter. From
http://busycooks.about.com/od/holidaycel...
"Stearic acid is the main saturated fat found in cocoa butter. It doesn't raise blood cholesterol levels. It may also decrease platelet activity, contributing to heart health in a similar way that baby aspirin decreases that activity."
So maybe this chocolate thing is more complex than we thought....
Besides tasting the very best Toblerone, Swiss chocolate does not contain any Steric Acid.. Tobler chocolate is available world wide. See ToblerSwiss Chocolate on the web.