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Bar chart of cocoa flavanols in milligrams per serving, from 175 mg in natural cocoa powder to 0 mg in white chocolate, against a 200 mg daily target

How Much Dark Chocolate Do You Need for Flavanols?

by Mo Mandegar, PhD on May 11 2026

The 2023 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) qualified health claim for cocoa flavanols set a daily target of 200 milligrams. Translated into chocolate, the answer depends almost entirely on how the cocoa was processed: 1 to 2 ounces of premium non-alkalized dark chocolate gets you there from food alone; heavily Dutch-processed bars cannot.

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