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- Coco Polo - 70% Dark Chocolate Bars Box Cocoa - 12 Bars (3 oz. / 85g each) Coco Polo 70% Dark Chocolate Bars Box Cocoa is made from Cocoa and Stevia, the entirely natural wonder sweetener from Paraguay. Taste Coco Polo bars in comparison with any luxury chocolate product, with or without sugar or sugar substitutes. The taste is wonderful. The key sweetening ingredient, Stevia has been used in parts of South America for over a thousand years as a sweetening agent. It has been allowed for use in Japan and parts of Asia for decades but only recently, due to bureaucratic inertia, has it been allowed to be used in foods in the U.S. The sweetening agent, Reb A, derived from the Stevia plant is natural but its strength makes using it effectively in fine foods such as luxury chocolate products difficult since the sweetening effect is, weight for weight, 300 times sweeter than sugar. Coco Polo tried hundreds of formulations before presenting their bars which have a unique and completely wonderful taste and mouthfeel with no indication that the sweetness comes from Stevia. The New Standard for Stevia-Sweetened Chocolate Superfood Chocolate No Stevia Taste Fair Trade & Sustainably Sourced Cocoa Sugar Free Gluten Free All Natural Vegan Non-GMO Ingredients Not a Low Calorie Food Stevia & Chocolate Adding Stevia to chocolate does not result in digestive difficulties which may occur with other sugar substitutes. Stevia is also safe and effective for diabetics. One web site declares, "Rather than raise blood sugar like most other natural sweeteners, stevia actually lowers it. Research from the Journal of Phytomedicine shows that stevia helps control blood glucose and promotes insulin creation." This article was published in 2006 prior to the FDA approval of Reb A (extract of Stevia). Dave's Garden, a well-known internet gardening page, has much information about Stevia Rebaudiana, the source for our sweetener. The plant will grow outdoors all year in much of the southern United States and, in the north, can be cultivated either as a seasonal plant, started indoors, or as a container plant, moved inside when the temperature falls. The plant itself is not difficult to grow, and the leaves, taken from the plant without any treatment, are incredibly sweet. Coco Polo Ingredients Coco Polo Reb A sweetener is a pure extract of the Stevia plant and is Non-GMO. Their Erythritol is a naturally fermented, fully absorbed, zero glycemic, non-insulin raising sweetener sourced from Non-GMO corn. (Not all Erythritol is Non-GMO). Since it is fully absorbed, it does not cause digestive problems as with other polyols, Maltitol, Xylitol and Sorbitol. In addition, since it is not very sweet and they also do not use it in sufficient quantity for it to lend an “adequate sweetness” to the chocolate, Stevia is used to give the chocolate its “sweetness”. Coco Polo has no laxating or digestive problems as with all previous sugar free chocolates. No Sugar problem reactions. Coco Polo's Inulin is a prebiotic from chicory. Almost all fiber in the chocolate bars is derived from the high levels of cocoa mass (chocolate liquor) and Inulin. All bars are properly labeled according to FDA approved standards. The Cocoa is sourced through Sustainable practices: Côte d’Ivoire Alliance of Farmers, Cocoa Livelihoods Program, and Processors Alliance for Cocoa Traceability and Sustainability (PACTS). About Coco Polo Following a chance meeting at the 1999 Natural Products Show with Bill Francis, a stevia farmer from Hawaii, Diane Yamate and John Cunnell met with him on his farm on Oahu. Bill had developed a patented method of extracting Reb A (Rebaudioside A), the component of the Stevia plant that would be finally approved for use in food in the U.S. in 2008. He believed that his Stevia extract with its safety combined with natural clean taste and health characteristics was the best of all sweeteners for all foods. He asked Diane and John to make chocolate with his Stevia. While waiti
- UPC # 793809404758
- No Stevia Taste
- Size/Form 12 Bar
Suggested Use: Enjoy this healthy and delicious stevia-sweetened confection as an anytime snack. INGREDIENTS Coco Polo - 70% Dark Chocolate Bars Box Cocoa - 12 Bars (3 oz. / 85g each) Supplement Facts Serving Size: .5 Bar Servings Per Container: 24 Amount Per Serving %DV Calories 180 Fat Calories 160 Total Fat 18g 28% Saturated Fat 11g 54% Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 0mg 0% Sodium 0mg 0% Total Carbohydrate 16g 5% Fiber 9g 36% Sugars 0g Erythritol 6g Protein 3g Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 2% Iron 20% *Daily Value Not Established. †Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your diet values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. Other Ingredients: Chocolate Liquor, Non-GMO Erythritol, Inulin (Extract of Chicory Root), Cocoa Butter, Non-GMO Soy Lecithin, Vanilla, Reb A (Extract of Stevia). Contains Soy. Made on equipment also yused in the production of foods containing tree nuts.
