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Chocolate companies respond to latest claims of excessive cadmium in cocoa
Cocoa trees naturally absorb cadmium from soils via their roots and deposit it in the nibs (centre) of cocoa beans.
In March this year...Hershey CFO Steve Voskuil said the company was looking to reduce levels of lead and cadmium, a “naturally occurring” ingredient that could vary based on the cocoa beans’ country of origin. “We would love to eradicate it completely,” he said.
https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2023/10/26/Chocolate-companies-respond-to-latest-claims-of-excessive-cadmium-in-cocoa?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS
Cocoa trees naturally absorb cadmium from soils via their roots and deposit it in the nibs (centre) of cocoa beans.
In March this year...Hershey CFO Steve Voskuil said the company was looking to reduce levels of lead and cadmium, a “naturally occurring” ingredient that could vary based on the cocoa beans’ country of origin. “We would love to eradicate it completely,” he said.
https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2023/10/26/Chocolate-companies-respond-to-latest-claims-of-excessive-cadmium-in-cocoa?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS