![]() Sounds good to me, as long as I can keep the two fellas away from the Xocai. As the recession deepens, chocolate is one of the few booming industries.Ĭadbury's have reported an 11pc jump in half-year profits, to £262m, with analysts attributing the trend to people staying in and watching a movie with a treat rather than going out. These gold-wrapped nuggets are worth - well, almost worth - their weight in gold, costing €115 for a box of 100.īut Newman reports a healthy demand for supplies, and he's not alone. It tastes very rich, and one or two pieces is enough. ![]() "Not even a pancake?"ĭespite our scepticism, the Xocai seems to fill that craving gap. "It's yummy," says my six-year-old, Rory.īut his enthusiasm diminishes when he's told this means he won't get anything else sweet all day. "It's best to let the nugget dissolve slowly in your mouth," is Newman's advice. I suspect one of my two fellas, but which one - the boy or the man? Under intense questioning, it becomes clear the elder of the two is the guilty party.īut despite our diminished supply, we manage, in the interests of research, to eat two nuggets daily. Several hours of torture follow, and the envelope reappears, a few nuggets short. The first hiccup comes after the sample packet of 20 nuggets of Xocai arrives in the post. So at great personal sacrifice, we put these claims to the test. Nutritionists say a little 75-85pc dark chocolate is good for you, particularly if it's organic - it's the fat and sugar added to the cocoa that does the damage. A 50g bar, for example, has 27 grams of sugar and a whopping 15 grams of fat. It's made of more than 75pc cocoa, compared with commercial bars, which can contain only about 36pc of cocoa solids. I'm not sure what it means, but the stuff tastes grand. Xocai is made in Belgium, and is cold-pressed, a method of production the makers say is unique. "If you're a chocaholic, at least if you eat this there are benefits." It's good news too for addicts of the dark stuff. Get ahead of the day with the morning headlines at 7.30am and Fionnán Sheahan's exclusive take on the day's news every afternoon, with our free daily newsletter.Įnter email address This field is required Sign Up Xocai is not full of the harmful trans-fats and sugars contained in most commercial milk chocolate, she says. It's packed with antioxidants, and the ingredients include the Acai berry, which is fantastic for you." "I eat Xocai myself and recommend it to clients. Kildare nutritionist Jess Day agrees the chocolate is beneficial, and admits she's a regular nibbler. Xocai is even diabetic-friendly, and is sweetened with raw cane sugar, say the manufacturers behind the product, which is sold by franchisees in Europe and the US. "If you eat two nuggets of Xocai, you'll feel very satisfied and won't crave junk or sugar," promises Newman (37), who hails from Co Meath and whose company is called Xocai.ie.Įach 18-gram nugget contains six grams of fat and seven grams of sugar - about half/a third/a quarter of commercial chocolate. He says Xocai (pronounced sho-sigh) is packed with antioxidants, which protect your body cells against the free radicals that cause ageing, and that three pieces is equivalent to 29 cups of raw spinach and three cups of blueberries. It tastes richer than normal dark chocolates and not as sweet, and it has a coarse consistency. His chocolate, called Xocai, is higher in cocoa content and has less butter and sugar than the commercial varieties. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it, so we put the two-week 'healthy chocolate challenge', run by Niall Newman, to the test. Now one Irishman is telling us that eating chocolate can make you healthy. ![]() It's chocolate, the confection made from the beans of the cacao tree, which was first harvested, ground and made into a drink by central American tribes like the Aztecs and Mayans. Some women think it's better than sex, and a few select grams can be more expensive than cocaine. Ancient tribes fought wars over it, and today it's bucking the trend and thriving in a global slump. ![]()
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