Influence of the Ash of the Cacao Bean on the Cariogenicity of a High-Sucrose Diet

¹ Emory University School of Dentistry, Atlanta 22, Georgia

The addition of the cacao-bean ash to a high-sucrose diet fed to albino rats did not reduce the cariogenicity of the diet.

It would therefore appear unlikely that the minerals in chocolate can account for the lesser increase in dental caries in the subjects of the Vipeholm experiments who ate chocolate between meals than in those who ate the same amount of sugar in the form of toffees.