Calories in M&S Dark Chocolate Mint Truffles

Calories in M&S Dark Chocolate Mint Truffles
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Marks and Spencer PLC is a retail company based in the U.K. The company has over 600 stores located in the U.K. and more than 300 spread over 40 international territories. M&S stores sell a wide assortment of products including clothing, home furnishings and food.

Calories

Marks & Spencer Mint Truffle chocolate bars are individually wrapped. Each bar contains 200 calories and 13 g of fat, of which 8 g are saturated.

Nutrition

The calories derived from one M&S chocolate truffle make up around 10 percent of the recommended daily allowance based on a 2,000 calorie daily energy requirement. The fat content in one truffle accounts for around 20 percent of the recommended daily fat intake. The American Heart Association recommends that your daily fat intake is no more than 25 to 35 percent of your total calories.

Expenditure

To burn the 200 calories consumed from an M&S chocolate mint truffle, you would need to jump rope for around 15 minutes, jog at a moderate speed for 27 minutes, or spend half an hour cycling at a moderate pace.

References

Article reviewed by Stacy Simon Last updated on: Dec 27, 2010

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