Question: what chocolate has the lowest fat?

James Hargreaves answered on 14 Jun 2011:

I’ve been giving this question a lot of thought this evening!

I’d love to say that chocolate can be made with a very low fat content, but its not possible chocolate is essentially fat with other ingredients added.

an important ingredient in chocolate is known as cocoa butter.

Cocoa butter is what is known as a “pure anhydrous fat” (not actually butter as you know it at all)

Cocoa butter works by making cocoa and sugar mix together better and lets chocolate be handled (pumped, moulded, sprayed or shaped)

Cocoa butter also melts at body temperature which is important for for when you come to eat it. (Motto – it melts in the mouth not in the hand)

I suppose the easy way of saying what i’m trying to explain is that the chocolate with the highest % of cocoa is the lowest in fat (the most pure chocolate in its natural form)

The darker the chocolate – the lower in fat it is. (Dark Choc has some health benefits)

Dark chocolate 70-90% cocoa is lowest in fat

Milk Chocolate, which can vary in cocoa content has milk fat added to it and likely to have palm oils added also

White chocolate has the highest fat content as its mostly cocoa butter with very little cocoa solids in it at all.

Did you know chocolate in its natural state is very similar in taste to the Chilli pepper?

Here is a link to a website that shows you how chocolate is made:

http://www.ameliechocolat.co.uk/pages.php?pageid=9

If there is anything i haven’t explained or you maybe haven’t understood, please leave a comment and i’ll try my best to make it a bit easier. 🙂