Vegan Chocolate
These are our five favorite plaques
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Vegan chocolate does not require any milk, butter or honey and is still incredibly delicious. You should definitely try these five varieties.
Whether with cinnamon, cardamom, caramel chips or roasted nuts: vegan chocolate is in various delicious varieties, which can easily keep up with classic milk chocolate in terms of taste. Often the manufacturers of vegan chocolate are also committed to sustainable cultivation and fair working conditions for cocoa farmers. We recommend these five varieties.
1. Lindt HELLO Vegan – Salted Caramel
The well-known Swiss chocolatier also has vegan specialties in its range. The bars from the “Lindt Hello Vegan” series convince with high-quality cocoa and mild oat drink and were awarded PETA as the best vegan chocolate. Our favorite is the variety Salted caramel with sweet and salty caramel pieces in a tender melt. There are also varieties from the same series Sweet’n Salty Popcorn, Roasted Salty Almonds and cookie.
2. CHOCJES – Cookie Lover
Katjes not only offers vegetarian fruit gums and liquorice, but also vegan chocolate called CHOCJES for a number of years. This contains organic oat drink and sustainably grown cocoa and is packed in FSC-certified paper envelopes. You should definitely try this variety cookie lover, which, in addition to hazelnut and almond butter, also contains delicious cocoa biscuit pieces. Other varieties in the CHOCJES range are: Salty PretzelSea Caramel and The Pure Thing.
3. Veganz – Coconut Original
the sort Coconut original from Veganz not only tastes like a holiday under palm trees with coconut flakes, coconut milk and coconut blossom sugar, but also scores with ingredients from organic farming, palm oil-free recipe and a comparatively small CO2 footprint.
4. GEPA – White Vanilla Almond
This vegan delicacy made from real bourbon vanilla, aromatic almonds and fair trade cocoa is called White Vanilla Almond. The environmentally friendly cellulose packaging is compostable. Another gorgeous white chocolate from GEPA’s vegan range is the White Salted Almond Cassis with fruity pieces of blackcurrant.
5. iChoc – Vegan Chocolate Sample Pack
The manufacturer iChoc has a large selection of vegan bars on offer, ranging from White Nougat Crisp to Almond Orange to Choco Cookie. Would you like to try them all? Then choose this Trial Pack with six different vegan bars and find your favourite.
Is dark chocolate vegan?
bitter chocolate from 60% cocoa content normally contains no milk, only cocoa, cocoa butter and sugar. Nevertheless, a look at the ingredients does not hurt: concentrated butter and milk powder should not be on the list of ingredients for vegan chocolate.
In addition, dark chocolate is often processed in the same machines as milk chocolate. So it could residues of animal products get into the dark chocolate, which is why it is not labeled as vegan.
Is vegan chocolate healthier?
When it comes to calories and sugar, vegan chocolates are often just as unhealthy as milk chocolate and you should enjoy the candy in moderation. Dark chocolate with a high cocoa contentwhich is automatically vegan, is healthier than milk chocolate because it contains so-called flavanols, which have a positive effect on the heart and circulation and also does not contain any added sugar. Vegan chocolate is also the right choice for people with lactose intolerance.