ÖKO-TEST, for example, recently sent 25 milk chocolates to the laboratory in issue 12/2019 and examined them for critical ingredients. The result: only two of the 25 chocolates received a recommendation from ÖKO-TEST. The reason is, among other things, mineral oil components that could be detected in 24 chocolates.
In addition, cocoa is grown under dire circumstances. Öko-Test therefore asked the chocolate manufacturers about the supply chain. However, 22 manufacturers refused to disclose this.
The only two types of chocolate rated “good” are “Rapunzel dark whole milk” and “Ritter Sport alpine milk“.
The test is older, but anyone who now believes that the manufacturers have made improvements should scale back their hopes: ÖKO-TEST not only tested chocolate in 2019, but also in 2017. The result was similarly devastating.