Is Chocolate Packaging Overstating The Health Benefits Of Its Products?

If you think that chocolate can improve your brain power, think again. Some recent research has found that manufacturers use their packaging to overstate claims of the health benefits of chocolate. Buzz words like “natural” and “single origin” might sound good, but are they affecting consumers perceptions of chocolate products?

2SER producer Adrian Nguyen spoke with Dr Duane Mellor, a dietician and a lecturer at Coventry University in the UK to talk more on the implications of this.