Study of trans Fatty Acid Content in Commercial Foods in Japan. VI. Chocolate and Chocolate Confectionery.

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  • 日本の市販食品のトランス脂肪酸含量　ＶＩ　　チョコレート及びチョコレート菓子（原標題は英語）
  • Study of trans Fatty Acid Content in Commercial Foods in Japan: 4.Chocolate and Chocolate Confectioery 〔和文〕
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Trans fatty acid content in domestic and imported chocolates and chocolate confectioneries were measured by gas-liquid chromatography and silver-ion thin-layer chromatography.<BR>   Mean total trans fatty acid content in domestic chocolates (3.1%, 80 brands) exceeded that in imported products (1.3%, 10 countries, 37 brands). High trans fatty acid type hard butter was found to be used as a cocoa butter substitute several brands of domestic products but not in imported products. In chocolate cake, mean total trans fatty acid content was 7.3% for domestic (43 brands), and 3.2% for imported products (9 countries, 22 brands), these values exceeding those of chocolates. In domestic chocolate-applicated sweets, mean total trans fatty acid content in foreign-style confectioneries (29 brands), ice cream (25 brands), and spreads (5 brands) was 11.0%, 3.5%, and 14.1%, respectively. In imported chocolate-applicated sweets, baked confectioneries (7 countries, 10 brands) contained 8.7% trans fatty acid.

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