How Dark is your Chocolate?

Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa

Product	Servings	Fat grams per serving	Protein grams per serving	Carb grams per serving
85% dark Chocolate	1	18	5	15

Total Calories	242*
% fat Calories	66.94%
Ketogenic ratio	93.91%

Product	Servings	Fat grams per serving	Protein grams per serving	Carb grams per serving
70% dark Chocolate	1	19	3	17

Total Calories	251*
% fat Calories	68.13%
Ketogenic ratio	89.53%

*Note, servings are small enough for rounding to be an issue.  The manufacturer claims slightly different calorie counts.

Here's a very interesting one to me.  My friends always talk about how the darker the chocolate is, the better it is for you, but then I was surprised by this little tidbit that 70% dark has more fat than 85% dark.  I realized that cocoa solids have more protein than fat, and the chocolate is bitter enough at 70%, they're going to try to cut fat more than sugar as they push the percentage higher.  I had to sit down and do the math on this one.  Turns out my friends are not far off.  70% has a higher percentage of calories from fat, but since protein is less ketogenic than carbohydrates, the 85% is still a higher ketogenic ratio.  If you were treating epilepsy you might want to melt this down and mix in some clarified butter, but for the average sugar intolerant person I think both choices are good.  For now I'm sticking to the 70%, no point in having chocolate at all unless you enjoy it.