Elemental maps of cocoa beans could help cut chocolate contaminants

By Rebecca Brodie2018-01-05T13:35:00

The distribution of several nutritional and toxic elements in cocoa beans visualised for the first time using LA-ICP-MS

Source: © Royal Society of Chemistry

New imaging technique locates multiple-elements in confectionery feedstock

Researchers in Germany have developed a new sample-prep and bioimaging method to analyse the distribution of nutritional and toxic elements in cocoa beans.