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. 2015 Jun 16;52(12):7723–7734. doi: 10.1007/s13197-015-1916-y

Table 2.

The content of total flavonoids (mg GAE/g chocolate), flavan-3-ols (mg CE/g chocolate) and proanthocyanidins (mg CyE/g chocolate) of experimental chocolates affected by storage time

Flavonoids Flavan-3-ols (mg CE/g chocolate) Proanthocyanidins
mg GAE/g chocolate Vanillin index p-DAC mg CyE/g chocolate
Milk chocolate
0 month M 1.19 ± 0.15 0.83 ± 0.02 0.44 ± 0.09 0.26 ± 0.06
M CE 1.25 ± 0.07 1.05 ± 0.04 0.48 ± 0.01 0.35 ± 0.09
M FD 1.58 ± 0.10 1.05 ± 0.01 0.47 ± 0.01 0.39 ± 0.00
4 month M 1.35 ± 0.12 0.86 ± 0.08 0.43 ± 0.00 0.32 ± 0.05
M CE 1.56 ± 0.21 1.11 ± 0.13 0.48 ± 0.03 0.38 ± 0.03
M FD 1.82 ± 0.13 1.27 ± 0.08 0.55 ± 0.00 0.38 ± 0.07
8 month M 1.44 ± 0.11 1.45 ± 0.17 0.53 ± 0.02 0.30 ± 0.02
M CE 1.67 ± 0.10 1.31 ± 0.15 0.51 ± 0.01 0.43 ± 0.01
M FD 1.90 ± 0.17 1.66 ± 0.19 0.54 ± 0.02 0.44 ± 0.01
12 month M 1.42 ± 0.15 1.55 ± 0.04 0.64 ± 0.04 0.40 ± 0.07
M CE 1.58 ± 0.14 1.32 ± 0.03 0.69 ± 0.05 0.58 ± 0.08
M FD 2.17 ± 0.09 1.82 ± 0.06 0.65 ± 0.01 0.55 ± 0.03
Semisweet chocolate
0 month S 5.48 ± 0.85 2.77 ± 0.11 1.61 ± 0.01 1.14 ± 0.01
S CE 5.59 ± 1.77 2.35 ± 0.19 1.63 ± 0.00 1.28 ± 0.06
S FD 6.20 ± 1.11 2.64 ± 0.02 1.58 ± 0.00 1.66 ± 0.15
4 month S 6.25 ± 0.19 2.41 ± 0.10 1.52 ± 0.06 1.32 ± 0.26
S CE 6.30 ± 0.13 2.94 ± 0.04 1.65 ± 0.00 1.30 ± 0.23
S FD 6.35 ± 0.31 2.62 ± 0.47 1.68 ± 0.04 1.65 ± 0.05
8 month S 7.05 ± 0.42 2.90 ± 0.15 1.55 ± 0.04 1.32 ± 0.02
S CE 6.02 ± 0.19 2.86 ± 0.48 1.71 ± 0.07 1.83 ± 0.07
S FD 7.11 ± 0.34 2.69 ± 0.04 1.63 ± 0.01 1.63 ± 0.04
12 month S 7.91 ± 0.27 2.93 ± 0.01 1.69 ± 0.02 1.33 ± 0.05
S CE 8.39 ± 0.22 3.19 ± 0.07 1.67 ± 0.06 1.84 ± 0.17
S FD 8.68 ± 0.19 3.34 ± 0.17 1.61 ± 0.03 1.81 ± 0.21
Dark chocolate
0 month D 6.45 ± 0.26 4.32 ± 0.06 1.79 ± 0.33 1.62 ± 0.23
D CE 6.98 ± 0.66 4.55 ± 0.29 1.70 ± 0.01 1.75 ± 0.01
D FD 7.61 ± 0.76 4.72 ± 0.11 2.01 ± 0.01 1.77 ± 0.13
4 month D 7.41 ± 0.13 4.21 ± 0.34 1.81 ± 0.01 1.85 ± 0.14
D CE 8.09 ± 0.35 4.83 ± 0.02 1.87 ± 0.08 2.09 ± 0.84
D FD 8.84 ± 0.05 4.61 ± 0.65 1.93 ± 0.09 2.17 ± 0.25
8 month D 7.66 ± 0.66 4.13 ± 0.13 1.91 ± 0.02 1.91 ± 0.04
D CE 7.89 ± 0.21 4.58 ± 0.05 2.01 ± 0.10 1.97 ± 0.01
D FD 8.80 ± 0.34 4.67 ± 0.03 2.10 ± 0.03 2.32 ± 0.04
12 month D 8.89 ± 0.18 4.22 ± 0.16 2.06 ± 0.05 1.94 ± 0.05
D CE 8.07 ± 0.21 4.64 ± 0.20 2.09 ± 0.05 2.03 ± 0.08
D FD 9.80 ± 0.43 4.95 ± 0.07 2.26 ± 0.06 2.27 ± 0.09

M milk chocolate, S semisweet chocolate, D dark chocolate