Chocolate is probably one of the most beloved foods in history. It started out as a concentrated cocoa drink, not sweet at all, but very, very bitter. The Europeans who first tasted it were the con-quistadors, invited at the Aztec king’s table. They couldn’t even swallow it because it was so bitter! Yet the Aztecs swore they got their strength from this cocoa stew with cinnamon, vanilla and a few other local ingredients – none of them sweet! Europeans did a little work on the recipe and improved the brew, with milk and sweet syrups. Then they got the taste of it, brought it to Europe, where liquid chocolate conquered all hearts. Then other European entrepreneurs thought of adding other ingre-dients to get a solid consistency for the whole cocoa recipe – and thus make it easier to transport. It was no easy task to work with cocoa butter that kept changing consistency. What we call ‘chocolate’ today is the result of a long process to adapt and refine an idea that is thousands of years old!
Nutritionally, this process of ‘translating’ the power of the Aztec chocolate drink into the sweet chocolate bar adored by young and old alike today has meant adding calorific ingredients – like dairy and sugar. In the last years research attribute to these ingredients increasingly harmful effects on health. Over the last decades, this resulted in a ‘back to basics’ trend: the taste for increasingly ‘dark’ chocolate – this means chocolate with a higher percentage of cocoa (which is now known to be rich in antioxidants, quality minerals and chemical compounds that really do energise our bodies and spirits). Trendy is also chocolate with no milk or other dairy product and with less and less sug-ar and sweet ingredients in general.
This bitter chocolate has its followers, but most consumers are not willing to give up either the sweet taste or the velvety consistency of chocolate! The sweet tooth’s best friend, Sweeteria Con-fectionery, came with a proper solution: new recipes with all the benefits and indulgences of choco-late, free from the sugar that undermines the body.
Sweeteria Chocolate is a natural and clean product, the first sugar-free chocolate handmade in Romania with natural sweeteners. Respecting the typical composition of real chocolate, made of cocoa butter and premium cocoa mass, which we take from the most renowned Belgian chocolate producers and exporters on the world market, Sweeteria laboratories have matched it with natural sweeteners, with zero or minimum calories, depending on the assortment. Most variants are sweet-ened with Dulcișor, a natural zero-calorie sweetener by Sweeteria brand, containing stevia rebaudi-ana and erythritol from non-GMO corn. Other chocolate variants are sweetened with agave nectar, which is also a natural sweetener with low glycaemic impact and low calorie content.
Sweeteria chocolate range now includes a wide variety of chocolates (white, milk or with different cocoa concentrations), plain, spreadable or in novel combinations (with dried fruits, nuts, probiotics, fruit powders or matcha). You will find in every variety the velvet consistency you love and a per-fectly balanced, sweet taste… SUGAR FREE!
With all these sugar-free varieties, the total calorie intake is lower. So take your pick if you’re look-ing for a delicious chocolate that suits your weight loss diet, diabetic diet, ketogenic diet or simply if you need a healthy snack convenient for the kids and providing gourmet satisfaction for the whole family!