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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>The aim of our study is to evaluate the effects of flavonoids catechine and epicatechine ot visual function, contrast sensitivity and retinal perfusion.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>It’s a prospective cohort study. A total of 30 patients are subdivided into two cohorts. Group A: patients with no ophthalmic pathology and, Group B: patients with neovascular age‐related macular degeneration /nAMD/. We performed a full ophthalmic examination /best corrected visual acuity for distance and near, assessment of contrast sensitivity – Pelli Robson test, tonometry, biomicroscopy, ophthalmoscopy and optic coherence tomography – angiography OCT‐A/ before and two hours after consumption of 50 g dark chocolate with 100% cocoa content.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Results of all the exams /visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, OCT‐A indexes for retinal perfusion/ are statistically processed.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>High content of flavonoids catechine and epicatechine in dark chocolate has beneficial impact on visual function, contrast sensitivity and retinal perfusion I Group A and Group B, with slight variation between two groups.</jats:p></jats:sec>