Sweet Danger: The amount of heavy metals in this company’s dark chocolate reaches dangerous levels, case registered in America.

A case has been filed by a consumer in the US against the legendary chocolate maker Hershey’s. The company has been accused of selling dark chocolates that contain harmful levels of lead and cadmium.

On Wednesday, Christopher Lazaro filed the case, saying that the amount of metal in the company’s products like Special Dark Mildy Sweet Chocolate, Lillies Extra Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa and Lillies Extreme Dark Chocolate 85% Cocoa is higher than the amount stated by the company. There is more.

However, after the allegations, Hershey’s was asked to present its stand on Thursday, but the company is yet to respond in the matter. The case has been filed in Federal Court in Central Islip, New York. Let us tell you that some studies claim that the antioxidants and low amount of sugar in dark chocolates help in preventing heart diseases.