Many chocolate products contain worrying levels of lead or other heavy metals, Consumer Reports says
With Halloween just around the corner, Consumer Reports has some scary news to relay about many treats typically found in trick-or-treat bags, as well as in the kitchen cupboard. From cocoa powder to brownie mixes, the consumer advocacy group found "concerning" levels of lead or cadmium in a third of the chocolate products it tested. Consumer Report coupled its report with a call on Hershey Co., the largest purveyor of chocolate in the U.S., to step up its efforts to reduce the level of toxic metals in its chocolate."Our tests have found that other brands have succeeded in producing chocolate products with lower levels of heavy metals that are safer for consumers," Brian Ronholm, CR's director of food policy, said in a statement on Consumer Reports' findings. "As a leadi...
