Publication detail

Autenticita čokolád s různým obsahem kakaové sušiny

DIVIŠ, P. POŘÍZKA, J. JUGLOVÁ, Z. SLAVÍKOVÁ, Z.

Original Title

Autenticita čokolád s různým obsahem kakaové sušiny

English Title

Authenticity of chocolates with different cocoa solids content

Type

article in a collection out of WoS and Scopus

Language

Czech

Original Abstract

This work deals with the analysis of chocolate samples with different cocoa solids content purchased in the Czech sales network. The work aims to verify whether the producers do not deceive the consumer by artificially increasing the value of the cocoa solids content on the product packaging. A total of 15 chocolate samples with a cocoa solids content of 50 to 90% were analyzed. The total cocoa solids were determined from the total fat content and the theobromine and caffeine content of the chocolate samples. Theobromine and caffeine concentration in chocolate samples were determined by high performance liquid chromatography with a DAD detector. The fat content of the analyzed samples in most cases corresponded to the information given by the manufacturer on the packaging. No lower content of total cocoa solids was found in any of the examined samples compared to the declared amount on the packaging. On the contrary, most samples had a higher total cocoa solids content (in an average 3.9 %) than stated by the producers. The results of the total cocoa solids content in the chocolate did not show a significant difference when using a calculation involving the concentration of theobromine and caffeine or only the concentration of theobromine.

English abstract

This work deals with the analysis of chocolate samples with different cocoa solids content purchased in the Czech sales network. The work aims to verify whether the producers do not deceive the consumer by artificially increasing the value of the cocoa solids content on the product packaging. A total of 15 chocolate samples with a cocoa solids content of 50 to 90% were analyzed. The total cocoa solids were determined from the total fat content and the theobromine and caffeine content of the chocolate samples. Theobromine and caffeine concentration in chocolate samples were determined by high performance liquid chromatography with a DAD detector. The fat content of the analyzed samples in most cases corresponded to the information given by the manufacturer on the packaging. No lower content of total cocoa solids was found in any of the examined samples compared to the declared amount on the packaging. On the contrary, most samples had a higher total cocoa solids content (in an average 3.9 %) than stated by the producers. The results of the total cocoa solids content in the chocolate did not show a significant difference when using a calculation involving the concentration of theobromine and caffeine or only the concentration of theobromine.

Keywords

authenticita, čokoláda

Key words in English

authenticity, cocoa products, HPLC

Authors

DIVIŠ, P.; POŘÍZKA, J.; JUGLOVÁ, Z.; SLAVÍKOVÁ, Z.

Released

4. 4. 2022

Publisher

Garmond Nitra

Location

Nitra

ISBN

978-80-8266-007-7

Book

Bezpečnosť a kvalita potravín. Zborník vedeckých prác [Food safety and food quality. Proceedings of the scientific papers]

Pages from

257

Pages to

261

URL

Full text in the Digital Library

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT177541,
  author="Pavel {Diviš} and Jaromír {Pořízka} and Zuzana {Juglová} and Zuzana {Slavíková}",
  title="Autenticita čokolád s různým obsahem kakaové sušiny",
  booktitle="Bezpečnosť a kvalita potravín. Zborník vedeckých prác [Food safety and food quality. Proceedings of the scientific papers]",
  year="2022",
  pages="257--261",
  publisher="Garmond Nitra",
  address="Nitra",
  isbn="978-80-8266-007-7",
  url="http://www.slpk.sk/eldo/2022/dl/9788082660077/9788082660077.pdf"
}