Review of 'Valor' Dark Chocolate 70% with Forest Berries

Valor -- Dark Chocolate 70% with Forest Berries
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
Summary: wow, this is some RICH dark chocolate. And...it's incredible! The dried fruit gives it the most amazing crisp texture and fruity flavour. I hesitate to rank it higher because of the non-organic designation, artificial ingredient (flavour), lack of info on supply chain, and lack of social/health/environmental consciousness reflected on the website. For these reasons, I wouldn't recommend supporting this brand.

Where to buy: Bulk Barn

 

Ingredients: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa powder, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, dried raspberry, fructose, dried blackberry, soy lecithin, flavour, sodium alginate, citric acid.

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 4 squares
Calories: 170
Fat: 11g
     Saturated: 7g
     Trans: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 15mg
Carb: 15g
     Fibres: 4g
     Sugars: 10g
Protein: 4g
Calcium: 2%
Iron: 35%

This is a pretty much standard nutritional profile for dark chocolate in terms of calories. The sugar isn't that high, which I appreciated. However, the ingredients aren't organic, which probably means refined sugar and artificial ingredients.

Other 'Premium Bars' varieties:

• Milk Chocolate
• Milk Chocolate with Wafers
• Dark Chocolate 70%
• Dark Chocolate 70% with Mint
• Dark Chocolate 70% with Orange
• Dark Chocolate 70% with Toffee

Brand:

• Cocoa from Ecuador, Ghana and Panama
• Since 1881
• Not organic
• Uses artificial ingredients