By By Marcus Hondro Apr 10, 2013 in Food If you like to gobble lots of chocolate and try not to think about all the fat you're ingesting, you may be interested in a story from the Univ. of Warwick in the U.K. Scientists there claim to have made great tasting chocolate with only half of the fat. Op-Ed: New Method Found for Low Fat Chocolate More "This approach maintains the things that make chocolate 'chocolatey', but with fruit juice instead of fat," Dr. Bon told media in the U.K.. "Now we're hoping the food industry will take the next steps and use the technology to make tasty, lower-fat chocolate bars and other candy." Tasty chocolate, half the fat content The kind of fat in chocolate is saturated, the damaging fat, and this not only jettisons half of it but also, Dr. Bon said, reduces the chocolate's sugar content. There will be a 'fruit' flavor to the chocolate but there's the option of water and vitamin 'c' to eliminate it. “Everyone loves chocolate but unfortunately we all know that many chocolate bars are high in fat," Dr. Bon said in a Dr. Stefan A. Bon lead the research team and says the chocolate they made replaces half the fat with fruit juice or even vitamin C, water or diet cola. Published in the 'Journal of Materials Chemistry ,' their achievement may seem fanciful to those of us who aren't scientists, but Prof. Bon says it's an achievement that can easily be used by the chocolate industry to make a healthier product."This approach maintains the things that make chocolate 'chocolatey', but with fruit juice instead of fat," Dr. Bon told media in the U.K.. "Now we're hoping the food industry will take the next steps and use the technology to make tasty, lower-fat chocolate bars and other candy."The kind of fat in chocolate is saturated, the damaging fat, and this not only jettisons half of it but also, Dr. Bon said, reduces the chocolate's sugar content. There will be a 'fruit' flavor to the chocolate but there's the option of water and vitamin 'c' to eliminate it.“Everyone loves chocolate but unfortunately we all know that many chocolate bars are high in fat," Dr. Bon said in a press release . "We’ve found a way to maintain all of those things that make chocolate ‘chocolatey’ but with fruit juice instead of fat.” More about eating chocolate, eat too much chocolate, choclate with less fat More news from eating chocolate eat too much chocola... choclate with less f...