Iranian Company Enriches, Processes Oleaster in Chocolate
The technological company is stationed at the Islamic Azad University’s Shahr-e Kord branch and it operates in the field of producing chocolate and related products that do not contain sucrose.
The company uses the fruit of the oleaster with therapeutic properties and capability to prevent osteoporosis in its chocolate and cocoa products.
In a relevant development in August, a technological company in Iran had also succeeded in producing a new type of diet chocolate which can prevent osteoporosis, diabetes and kidney stones.
“We produce diet chocolate in our company for metabolic patients (diabetic, cardiovascular, fatty liver, etc.). We removed sucrose from dietary chocolate so that patients can use it,” Sousan Karimi, an entrepreneur and PhD student in Food Technology at the Islamic Azad University’s Shahr-e Kord branch, told ANA.
Noting that many people suffer from severe constipation and digestive problems, she said, “Therefore, we had to use a type of product inside dietary chocolate to solve the problems of patients with digestive problems.”
“We also removed sucrose and the diet chocolate is sweet-free so that diabetic patients can also switch to diet chocolate,” Karimi said.
“On the other hand, we replaced sucrose with low-digestible carbohydrates to reduce calories and glycemic index and prevent obesity, increase in blood fat, diabetes and tooth decay,” she underlined.
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