Analysis and Fuel Value of Milk Chocolate
| Energy-giving power. Calories per lb. | |||
| Milk Fat and Cacao Butter | 35.0 | = | 1,480 |
| Milk and Cocoa Proteins | 8.0 | = | 149 |
| Cacao Starch and Digestible Carbohydrates | 3.0 | = | 56 |
| Stimulants (Theobromine and Caffein) | 0.2 | ||
| Mineral Matter | 2.0 | ||
| Crude Fibre | 0.3 | ||
| Moisture | 1.5 | ||
| Milk Sugar and Cane Sugar | 50.0 | = | 930 |
| 100.0 | = | 2,615 | |
It will be noted that the food value of milk chocolate is even greater than that of plain chocolate. It is highly probable that milk chocolate is the most nutritious of all sweetmeats. It is not generally recognised that when we purchase one pound of high-class milk chocolate we obtain three-quarters of a pound of chocolate and two pounds of milk!
Notes
1 Hygienische Rundschau, 1900, p. 305.
2 Die Bewertung des Kakaos als Nahrungs-und Genussmittel, 1906.
3 See West India Committee Journal, p. 55, 1917.