Here at Vox, we examined 100 Mars-funded studies last year and found they overwhelmingly drew glowing conclusions about cocoa and chocolate - promoting everything from chocolate’s heart health benefits to cocoa’s ability to fight disease. Take chocolate: Over the past 30 years, Nestle, Mars, Barry Callebaut, and Hershey - among the world’s biggest producers of chocolate - have poured millions of dollars into scientific studies and research grants that support cocoa science. Turns out our beliefs about how nutritious these products are is increasingly shaped by scientific research dreamed up and paid for by major food companies and interest groups. Do they include antioxidant-rich chocolate bars? Or immune system-boosting juice? Or maybe “superfoods” like pomegranate granola bars? Consider the foods you’d like to think of as healthy.
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