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Health by Consumption

Chocolate products with the promise of health benefits

Implications - Now you have a great excuse to eat chocolate – it’s good for your health. Companies in the food industry are improving consumer appeal by promoting health benefits associated with their products. A great example is SmartChocolate, which is touted to relieve premenstrual syndrome and associated cramps. Likewise, beauty and pharmaceutical companies are leveraging their allure by integrating edible favorites such as chocolate.
Trend Themes
1. Health-promoting Chocolate - Companies are promoting chocolate as a health food and incorporating beneficial ingredients to add functional benefits.
2. Edible Beauty Products - Beauty and personal care companies are leveraging consumers' love of chocolate to create new and unique products for their personal care offerings.
3. Novel Chocolate Experiences - Innovative companies are creating unique chocolate experiences, such as chocolate beauty treatments for men and Easter chocolate spa treatments, to attract consumers looking for something different.
Industry Implications
1. Food and Beverage - Companies in the food and beverage industry can explore the potential of promoting the health benefits of their products and incorporating functional ingredients to create new chocolate products.
2. Beauty and Personal Care - Beauty and personal care companies can consider incorporating chocolate into their product offerings to create unique and differentiated products that appeal to consumers.
3. Health and Wellness - Companies in the health and wellness industry can explore the potential of promoting the nutritional benefits of chocolate and incorporating beneficial ingredients to create functional foods and supplements.
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95,405 Total Clicks
Date Range:
Feb 06 — Feb 09
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Featured Examples

Chocolate: The New Health Food?
Chocolate: The New Health Food?
Forget about Atkins. It's time for the Mars diet. Mars Inc., the company behind Milky Way, Snickers and M&Ms;, plans to launch a new line of products made with dark chocolate, which the company claims… MORE
Snack Your Cramps Away
Snack Your Cramps Away
SmartChocolate PMS Chocolate
Bloated, crampy, irritable... fiending chocolate? Your prayers have been answered! Now you can feel justified in your indulgence next time you're PMSing and you're overcome by that chocolate hankering.… MORE
Chocolate Beauty Treatments For Men This Easter
Chocolate Beauty Treatments For Men This Easter
WholeMan - the beauty parlour for men have a very groovy Easter Experience up their sleeve. A limited edition Easter Chocolate Experience. Costing £85 for the hour treatment, it makes a great non-edible… MORE
Healthy Chocolates
Healthy Chocolates
Xocai Has More Antioxidants Than a Half-Pound of Spinach
Never mind an apple a day--how about three chocolates a day to maintain good health? Xoçai is a dark chocolate that is cold pressed, eliminating the heat used to process the cocoa bean for the maximum… MORE
Healthy Super Chocolate
Healthy Super Chocolate
Xocai
Xocai chocolate offers guilt free indulgence. "The name Xoçaiâ„¢ consists of the first two letters of the Aztec word, 'Xocolatl,' an ancient, Central-American, chocolate drink, and the last three letters… MORE
Bochox
Bochox
Chocolate for Wrinkle Relief
Much has been said about the medicinal properties of dark chocolate - it contains anti-oxidants, minerals, and improves mood. But in the USA, Bloomsberry Inc actually packaged their all natural premium… MORE