For the longest time, chocolates have been
considered a comfort food. An indulgence or treat so to speak. It is said, all
comfort food is usually all that you are not ‘supposed’ to eat. In this
article, we are going to look at how one company in Santa Barbara is changing
this narrative.
Technology and Healthy Chocolate
There are numerous health benefits to eating
chocolate contrary to what most people may think. It has been proven that the
darker the chocolate, the healthier it is. This is because it is much closer to
its raw form than milk chocolate, which has additives such as sugar and milk.
Some
of the health benefits of indulging in chocolates include:
1.They improve your mood.
2.Dark chocolate stimulates the production of
endorphins, chemicals in the brain that create feelings of pleasure.
3.Lowers your risk of heart disease as cocoa
is anti oxidant rich.
4.Dark chocolate is an aphrodisiac.
All these health benefits are evident in processed cocoa. This is the reason why Santa
Barbara Chocolate decided to research on a healthy type of chocolate that had
no risk of additives or sugar or flavors and one that would appeal to the
larger health conscious population while uniquely standing out.
At Santa Barbara Chocolate, they put the
consumer’s health, taste, and quality first. With this in mind, they decided to
use IRIS, an A.I (Artificial Intelligence) to help in research of what exactly
their healthy chocolate should contain.
With the use of IRIS, Santa Barbara Chocolate
has managed to grow their very own organic cocoa trees in a rainforest orchard.
This ensures that their healthy chocolates are made from the highest quality
and organic cocoa pods.
IRIS is a program that eases the research
process by narrowing down on all researches that have been made on the
particular field of interest.
Santa Barbara chocolates have gathered
interesting facts and information from all the other sources using IRIS and are
in a position to create their own healthy chocolate and/or create their own
ingredients to create their own healthy chocolates.
IRIS only provides the information that one
requires upon prompt of a search process. It does not compel you to use this
information. It is up to you as the user to choose what to do with it.
A case in point is their Soy Free Dark Chocolate that has been made
using information availed by IRIS. It contains no soy lecithin and it is made
using organic chocolate liquor. It is very specifically formulated using
information that IRIS has gathered through years of extensive research. This
has ensured that the healthiest dark chocolate is in the market for their
consumers.
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