Chocolate Calculator

There are many pieces of research available on the health benefits of dark chocolate. The most often described elements are the phytochemicals called flavonoids. Cocoa beans are a great source of flavonoids, which have antioxidant abilities. One research study by Brazilian scientists found that high-quality dark chocolate can have four times more flavonoids than red wine, which is well-known for its antioxidant abilities.

The flavonoids have many health benefits, such as:

1. Improving blood flow and lowering blood pressure.
2. Protecting the skin against sun-induced damage.
3. Reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
4. Raising HDL and protecting LDL against oxidation, improving insulin sensitivity (check out our cholesterol tools: cholesterol ratio and cholesterol units calculator).
5. Enhancing brain functions.

Dark chocolate is also a great source of nutrients - in 100 grams, you can find:

• 11.9 mg of iron, which is 66.1% of Daily Values(% DV) recommended by FDA
• 228 mg of magnesium (54.3% DV)
• 308 mg of phosphorus (24.6% DV)
• 1.9 mg of manganese (82.6% DV)
• 1.8 mg of copper (90% DV)
• and substantial amounts of selenium, potassium, phosphorus and zinc.

Eating one bar of chocolate per day is rather rare, so if you want to check how much nutrients you can get from one row or square, use our chocolate calculator.

If you want to compare the three basic types of chocolate, you will notice that dark chocolate has the highest nutritional value:

The Health benefits of dark chocolate are undeniable, especially considering it is an excellent natural source of iron and magnesium and lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease. It doesn't mean that you should eat bars of dark chocolate every day from now on. The balance is essential — you need to remember that advantages must be considered against the calories, saturated fat, and sugar you’ll get from the chocolate.

By the way, have you seen our calories burned calculator? It can help you lose those calories you gained after reading about the health benefits of dark chocolate!

It's straightforward. Give it a try!

1. Choose the type of chocolate. Let's pick the milk one.

2. Select the size of the bar. For example, one row of standard EU chocolate bars (20 g).

3. Enter the quantity for which you want to display the nutritional table. Assume we want to eat two rows of chocolate.

4. Total weight and two tables will appear below! Now you know that 40 grams of milk chocolate contain 214 kcal, more than 18% of total daily fat and 10% of recommended copper intake per day.

If your chocolate bar is not a standard one, you may select the last dropdown option for the bar size to enter the weight of your chocolate bar. You can also directly type the total weight of the chocolate you desire to eat into the Total weight box — the chocolate calculator can handle it.