{
  "schema_version": "1.0.0",
  "manifest_kind": "heavy_metal_index_evidence_packet",
  "retrieval_timestamp": "2026-06-27T19:21:20.656Z",
  "page": {
    "slug": "ingredients/cocoa",
    "title": "Cocoa",
    "description": null,
    "page_type": "ingredient",
    "audience": [
      "regulator",
      "educator",
      "consumer",
      "app"
    ],
    "canonical_url": "https://heavymetalindex.com/ingredients/cocoa",
    "wiki_doi": null
  },
  "content_pin": {
    "content_sha256": "d54900221f8de02e7a6d5fd233d0e8ee1fe9bf458ab0455657317c72cb647b8c",
    "content_bytes": 52587,
    "last_commit_sha": "b0f3d38",
    "last_commit_date": "2026-06-12",
    "git_remote": "https://github.com/paleofoundation/heavymetalindex",
    "verify_command": "git show b0f3d38:wiki/ingredients/cocoa.md | sha256sum"
  },
  "contributing_sources": [
    "sources/abt2018-cadmium-lead-cocoa-chocolate-us-market",
    "sources/abt2020-perspective-cadmium-lead-cocoa-chocolate",
    "sources/amjad2021-lahore-chocolates-metals",
    "sources/arevalo-gardini2017-peru-cacao-regional-metals",
    "sources/asyousow2022-expert-investigation-cocoa-chocolate-products",
    "sources/barraza2019-ecuador-cacao-cadmium-isotope",
    "sources/bfr2020-aluminium-faq-consumer-products",
    "sources/bfr2022-nickel-dietary-intake-germany-meal",
    "sources/blommaert2022-cd-cacao-translocation",
    "sources/bravo2024-cadmium-cacao-arauca",
    "sources/bugarin2025-cocoa-pod-husk-byproducts-review",
    "sources/burgon2023-cocoa-bean-to-bar-brazil-metals-ota",
    "sources/cantoral2024-cadmium-foodstuffs-mexico",
    "sources/cbi2024-cocoa-eu-market-requirements",
    "sources/chang2022-cocoa-fermentation-rhizobium-cadmium",
    "sources/chekri2019-french-infant-toddler-tds-trace-elements",
    "sources/codex-cccf17-2024",
    "sources/codex-cxc-81-2022",
    "sources/codex-cxs-193-1995",
    "sources/de-paiva-2020-aluminium-infant-foods-bioaccessibility",
    "sources/ec2019-cadmium-chocolate-leaflet",
    "sources/efsa-aluminium-afc-2008",
    "sources/efsa-cadmium-contam-2009",
    "sources/efsa-chromium-contam-2014",
    "sources/efsa-lead-contam-2010",
    "sources/efsa-nickel-contam-2020",
    "sources/efsa2012-cadmium-dietary-exposure-europe",
    "sources/efsa2015-nickel-food-water",
    "sources/efsa2021-aluminium-food-qa",
    "sources/el-daouk2020-aluminum-food-lebanon",
    "sources/elsheikh2020-toxic-trace-elements-children-foods-infant-formulae-saudi",
    "sources/eu-2021-1323-cadmium-foodstuffs-amendment",
    "sources/eu-2023-915-contaminants-maximum-levels",
    "sources/eu-2024-907-nickel-monitoring-recommendation",
    "sources/fechner2019-cocoa-origin-al-cd-exposure",
    "sources/fechner2022-bfr-meal-hg-cd-pb-ni-germany",
    "sources/flyvholm1984-nickel-content-food-dietary-intake",
    "sources/garciaporras2025-cadmium-cacao-farmland",
    "sources/grimaldi2017-prop65-chocolate-settlement-news",
    "sources/gutierrez2022-ecuador-cacao-cadmium-compost",
    "sources/hands2024-dark-chocolate-cocoa-heavy-metals-usa",
    "sources/hands2024-multiyear-dark-chocolate-cocoa-usa",
    "sources/hernandez2019-cr-vi-cr-iii-milk-dairy-cereal-france",
    "sources/jaramillo-mazo2026-cacao-cd-bacteria",
    "sources/jecfa-91st-cadmium-2022",
    "sources/kataoka2018-japan-chocolate-cocoa-cadmium",
    "sources/lopez2022-cacao-biochar-cadmium",
    "sources/mancuso2024-food-contamination-cvd",
    "sources/marincich2023-cadmium-chocolate-poland",
    "sources/meter2019-cadmium-cacao-lac-review",
    "sources/nordberg2015-cadmium-chapter",
    "sources/oliveira2021-cocoa-beans-cd-pb-brazil-processing",
    "sources/pacor2003-nickel-recurrent-aphthous-stomatitis-dbpc",
    "sources/ramtahal2016-cacao-cadmium-trinidad",
    "sources/rebellato2023-plant-yogurt-inorganic-contaminants",
    "sources/rebellato2023b-plant-yogurt-element-bioaccessibility",
    "sources/romero-estevez2019-ecuador-cocoa-cd-ni-pb",
    "sources/scaccabarozzi2020-cacao-soil-cd-peru",
    "sources/schaefer2020-cadmium-mitigation-strategies",
    "sources/scheer2017-aluminium-tolerable-intake-toys",
    "sources/sounigo2023-climaloca-cocoa-cadmium",
    "sources/stahl2017-aluminum-food-contact-part1",
    "sources/thomas2023-peru-cacao-cd-distribution",
    "sources/usda-fas2023-china-gb-2762-2022-translation",
    "sources/vega-jara2025-cocoa-cd-mitigation-amf-biochar",
    "sources/vitola2016-cocoa-beans-heavy-trace-elements",
    "sources/wade2022-cacao-cadmium-drivers",
    "sources/zhao2024-toxic-metals-metalloids-food-review"
  ],
  "license": {
    "prose": "CC BY 4.0",
    "structured_data": "EU database rights reserved — see https://heavymetalindex.com/licensing",
    "attribution": "Heavy Metal Index (heavymetalindex.com), Paleo Foundation. Cite page_url or wiki_doi.",
    "contact": "karen@paleofoundation.com"
  },
  "attestation": {
    "for_use": "Litigation exhibit, regulatory submission, peer-review supplementary record.",
    "verifiable_by": "Any party can clone https://github.com/paleofoundation/heavymetalindex at the named commit, hash the body of the named wiki page, and confirm the content_sha256 above matches.",
    "not_a_certification": "This manifest pins the Heavy Metal Index's published text at a specific git commit. It does not endorse or warrant the cited claim beyond the editorial methodology at /methodology and the correction process at /errata.",
    "license_terms": "https://heavymetalindex.com/licensing"
  },
  "generated_at": "2026-06-14T14:22:36.996Z"
}