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Table 1 Nutritional profile of cocoa powder (solved in 300 ml skimmed milk)

From: Acute cocoa Flavanols intake has minimal effects on exercise-induced oxidative stress and nitric oxide production in healthy cyclists: a randomized controlled trial

 

Cocoa flavanol (CF)

Placebo (PL)

Total Flavanols (mg)

900

15

 - (−)-epicatechin

185

0

 - (+)-catechin

20

0

 - Procyanidins dimer

190 (21.9%)

 

 - Procyanidins trimer

117 (13.0%)

 

 - Procyanidins tetramer

113 (12.5%)

 

 - Procyanidins pentamer

71 (7.9%)

 

 - Procyanidins hexamer

52 (5.8%)

 

 - Procyanidins heptamer

51 (5.7%)

 

 - Procyanidins octamer

39 (4.3%)

 

 - Procyanidins nonomer

33 (3.7%)

 

 - Procyanidins decamer

25 (2.8%)

 

Cocoa powder (g)

  

- Acticoa powder

12.0

0.0

- Alkalized cocoa powder

3.0

15.7

- Potassiumchloride (KCl)

0.7

0.0

- Sugar

35.0

35.0

Protein (g)

3.2

2.9

CHO (g)

38.7

38.4

Fat (g)

2.3

2.9

Kcal

193.4

193.4

Caffeine (mg)

30

30

Theobromide (mg)

315

315

Cadmium

<1 ppm

<1 ppm