Companies ask: “Is chocolate the new Viagra”?

The NZ Herald asks: “Is chocolate the new Viagra?”

We answer: “Of course it is“

According to a recent article:

…the introduction of a ‘turbo-charged’ type of chocolate said to have Viagra-like properties. The world’s largest chocolate-maker has developed a technique to concentrate levels of key plant chemicals called flavanols.
These are found in cocoa beans but are normally stripped out in the chocolate-making process.
Swiss-based chocolate giant Barry Callebaut is said to be just weeks away from getting the go-ahead from the EU to claim the ‘turbo-charged’ chocolate boosts health by increasing blood flow.
Industry experts say it will then be only a matter of time before it is incorporated into novelty chocolates, pastes and drinks that, like Viagra, use a rush of blood to stop a man from being a flop in the bedroom.
The flood of feel-good hormones to the brain would be an added bonus, the International Chocolate Industry Network event heard this week

If that’s not exciting enough, go get a bar of dark chocolate and test the theory.

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