August 1, 2024 6:30 PM

Heavy metal in most chocolates may not pose health risk, researchers say

Concentrations of heavy metals found in single servings of some chocolates and cocoa-based products are too low in most cases to pose a health risk to consumers, research published on Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition shows. This is true when products are consumed as a single serving, but consumption of more than one serving per day or in combination with other sources of heavy metals - such as seafood and unwashed brown rice - may cumulatively add up to exposure that exceeds recomm...