. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 14.

Published in final edited form as: Food Funct. 2016 Aug 5;7(9):3686–3693. doi: 10.1039/c6fo00611f

Table 1. Composition of the placebo and DC product used in the study per 20 gram serving.

Composition	Placebo	DC
Cocoa flavanols, monomers-decamers, mg	1.2	175.2
Monomers, mg	0.4	30.6
(-)-epicatechin	0.3	26
(+)-catechin	0.1	4.6
Caffeine	2	13
Theobromine	18	128
Energy, kcal	90	100
Fat, g	6	7
Carbohydrate, g	12.25	10.5
Protein, g	1	1.5

DC = dark chocolate