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Benefits of Cacao
Theobroma Cacao, “the food of the gods”, is the actual seed of a fruit brought to central America from the Amazon during the time of the Olmecs. It was an extremely important food, so important that the Mayans and Aztecs used it as money.
Cacao beans are an extremely nutritious superfood that contain the following vitamins and minerals (per 5oz. bar):
| Calories | 15% | ||
| Protein | 8% | ||
| Carbohydrates of which sugars |
5.8% | ||
| Fat of which saturates monounsaturated polyunsaturated |
40% | ||
| Fiber | 52% | ||
| Sodium | 2.5% | ||
| Calcium | 55% | ||
| Vitamin C | 83% | ||
| Vitamin B12 | 6.2% | ||
| Iron | 25.5% | ||
| Potassium | 11% | ||
| Magnesium | 102mg | 35.6% | 17% |
| Manganese | 0.92mg | - | - |
| Phosphorus | 183mg | - | - |
| Zinc | 1.5mg | 19.2% | 9% |
| Copper | 0.732mg | 60% | 29% |