Comment · Tue, December 27, 2022 · ND Owner
Consumerlab report on Chocamine
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lewanay · 89 points
Just came across a recent Consumerlab report on Flavanol content in different chocolate products including supplements. It’s behind a paywall but here is the link:
I like them as a third party testing company and sometimes use them for things like choosing the best Chocolate to eat etc. this is the first time they have tested an ND product to my knowledge. I know ND doesn’t claim that their product Chocamine has the highest flavanols, and is geared more towards other compounds such as threobromine. What still surprised me how low the flavanol content was for ND compared to Cocoavia (2.4mg vs 993 mg !!) . In addition, ND had worse cadmium level in comparison as well. Just curious to hear thoughts from people here and ND’s team.
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Mojowhale · 24 points
u/misteryouaresodumb thoughts?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Chocamine is not standardized to flavanols... It's standardized to theobromine. We don't test for flavanols, since it is not part of the standardization. I can see if our lab can run a flavanol assay to see what we get, but that's not the point of the extract. Chocamine is a patented product we have sold for a while, but it's a dog. We were going to drop it anyway. Nothing concerning about the results, though. It met the strict Prop 65 for metals, and they didn't test for the actual active it is standardized to.