Dark chocolate is said to be good for heart and helps controlling the blood pressure. Consuming dark chocolate also results in the improvement in blood flow. However, it also comes with a good number of calories and if you are trying to reduce weight it is suggested not to have too many of these.
There is a wide variety of dark chocolates to choose from and the number of calories in each of these is different from the other. One bar of dark chocolate weighing around 1.45 oz contains 207 calories out of which 55% calories come from fat, 42% calories come from carbohydrates and the remaining 3% calories come from proteins.
The total fat content in it is 14.02 grams, carbohydrate content is 24.44 grams, protein content is 1.6 grams, sodium content is 7 mg and potassium content is 119 mg. A bigger bar of dark chocolate weighing around 2.2 oz contains a total of 313 calories and large bar of dark chocolate weighing about 4 oz contains 571 calories.
Intense Dark 72% dark chocolate available from Ghirardelli is quite popular. 3 squares of this dark chocolate contain 200 calories. Out of these 200 calories 67% of the calories come from fat, 30% calories come from carbohydrates and the remaining 3% calories come from proteins.
You may also go for Hershey’s extra dark chocolate sticks. One piece of this dark chocolate stick contains 60 calories. Out of these 60 calories 56% of the calories come from fat, 38% calories come from carbohydrates and the remaining 6% are obtained from proteins.
Rich dark chocolate is equally popular. 5 pieces of rich dark chocolate available from Dove contains 210 calories out of which 53% of the calories come from fat, 43% calories come from carbohydrates and the remaining 4% calories are obtained from proteins.
