As the summer solstice approaches, the temperature gradually increases. Many people want to complete the "big business" of losing weight as soon as possible during the "exposed meat" season, and recently the topic of fitness has become quite popular online. On many social media platforms in China, some bloggers' homemade "weight loss drinks" are quite popular. "Two spoonfuls of raw Cocoa solids+half a bottle of Oolong+milk, and this bottle of homemade low calorie milk tea praised" "raw Cocoa solids+Oolong, which made me lose several kilograms in a month, and also very convenient"... This kind of content has a high number of hits and likes. It is not difficult to find that Cocoa solids occupies the "C" position of these diet drinks. So, what is Cocoa solids? Does it really have weight loss benefits? The reporter interviewed relevant experts with these questions. Cocoa solids is the product of Cocoa bean after processing. "Cocoa solids is the residual ingredient of Cocoa butter extracted from Chocolate liquor," said Ruan Guangfeng, director of the Science and Technology Communication Department of Kexin Food and Health Information Exchange Center. The reporter learned that Cocoa solids is the product of Cocoa bean. People take Cocoa bean from the fruit of the cacao tree. Cocoa bean are cleaned, screened, roasted, shelled, and later processed to get Chocolate liquor. Chocolate liquor is an important raw material for chocolate production. After further pressing, the fat is separated from the Chocolate liquor, forming two kinds of raw materials: one is the raw material for making chocolate - Cocoa butter, which is a natural edible oil with light chocolate flavor; The other is the residue of Chocolate liquor after degreasing - cocoa powder, which is known as Cocoa solids after being crushed. Figuratively speaking, Cocoa solids is like the soybean meal obtained after the soybean is pressed. Just because it has the unique aroma of cocoa, it is used in food processing, "explained Ruan Guangfeng. In the national standard full text disclosure system, according to the recommended national standards inquired by the reporter, Cocoa solids can be divided into natural Cocoa solids and alkaline Cocoa solids according to the alkalization process. Natural Cocoa solids is brownish yellow or light brown, which is difficult to dissolve in liquid and tastes bitter. It is generally not directly used in the production of liquid products. Alkalized Cocoa solids, which is brownish red or brownish black, is a product obtained by adding edible alkali during the processing of Cocoa bean. It tastes slightly better than natural Cocoa solids and can be dissolved in water. No food has the effect of losing weight directly. On the social platform, many people recommend Cocoa solids because it "can lose weight". So, does eating Cocoa solids really have this miraculous effect? The key to losing weight depends on the energy balance, "said Ruan Guangfeng. To achieve weight loss, it is necessary to reasonably control the intake and consumption of calories, so that the daily consumption of calories exceeds the intake of calories. The reporter searched an online shopping platform with "Cocoa solids" as the key word, and opened a product interface at random, and found that its nutritional composition table indicated that the brand Cocoa solids contained 1623 kilojoules (about 387 kilocalories) of calories per 100 grams, accounting for about 19% of the daily needs of the human body; Running at a medium speed for an hour consumes approximately 250 kcal of calories; Broccoli, the recognized "diet food", contains about 36 kilocalories per 100 grams. Cocoa solids is not low in calories, but why do many people say that it has good weight loss effect? Director of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University