SC - Decaf Chocolate - OOP

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Susan Fox-Davis wrote:
> 
> lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone here heard of such a thing as decaffeinated or
> > caffeine-free chocolate?
> >
> > I've encountered a mother who is looking for it for her caffeine
> > sensitive daughter. Carob as a substitute has been suggested...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Anahita al-shazhiyya
> > ========
> 
> According to the Chocolate Manufacturers Association National Confectioners
> Association <http://www.candyusa.org/chocstry.html>
> 
> "Chocolate and Caffeine
> 
> The amount of caffeine ingested when people eat
> chocolate in normal quantities is very small.
> 1.4 ounces of milk chocolate, for example,
> contains about 6 milligrams of caffeine, about
> the same as the amount found in a cup of
> decaffeinated coffee. Thus, the role of caffeine
> in chocolate is largely a non-issue."

The trouble is that chocolate also contains both tryptophane, an
antidepressant, and theobromine, a stimulant very similar to caffeine.
I'm not sure if it's the caffeine level that is producing the effect in question.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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