Trader
Joe's has recently released a new line of supplements. The Milk Chocolate Calcium supplements are foil-covered
balls of milk chocolate that contain 500 mg of calcium each, which is 50% of the recommended daily minimum. The
chocolate isn't quite as rich and smooth as the rest of the chocolate that Trader Joe's carries, but this is hardly
surprising - as this chocolate is not classified as candy, but as a nutritional supplement. It is a pleasantly
sweet milk chocolate and is perhaps ever so slightly grainy, though the chocolate does melt fairly smoothly in your
mouth after several moments. Compared with other chocolaty nutritional supplements I've had, these are far and away the
best. While I won't be replacing any of my favorite chocolate snacks, each ball contains only 45 calories, and with 50%
of my daily calcium requirement, I'll be having them on a regular basis.
The classification as a nutritional supplement also means that directions for use had to be put on the container, unlike regular tins of chocolate, where people are left to their own devices to discern they must "Chew thoroughly before swallowing."
[Photo by Nicole Weston]
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