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- fusama, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41Burried. 1) from 2001. 2) inacurate. The article on Caffeine on Wikipedia states that chocolate contains a small amount of caffeine. More importantly, Wikipedia cites its source (a professional journal article from 2004) whereas this site does not.
Edit: am I the only one who caught the "Last updated late 2001" - Bricks, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28Did you mean to live up to your screen name?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacao - Bricks, on 10/10/2007, -3/+23Chocolate also contains tiny, tiny amounts of Anandamide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandamide
It is a cannabinoid... I don't know how much it would take to get you stoned. But you'd probably die first, or at least be too sick to know you're stoned.
(some stay dry and others feel the pain) - drouk1556, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20Thus spracht Wikipedia:
Caffeine: This stimulant is present mainly in coffee and tea, but exists in chocolate in very small amounts. The amount of caffeine in chocolate is roughly 6 mg per ounce (about 30 g) of chocolate bar. Compare with 100–150 mg of caffeine in a cup of coffee. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Wikipedia knows everything, even if it isn't true.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17"Theobromine is a strong stimulant and was used by the Spanish to keep their armies going while conquering Central and South America. Chocolate (real Chocolate, not candy) can keep you up at night -- especially very young children (but that doesn't mean that it is caffeine). Nursing mothers who eat pure chocolate will find their children happy and wide awake several hours later." (from the article)
- SPECOPS, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Marked as inaccurate, Cacao has BOTH Theobromine and Caffeine. Even the end product (e.g. chocolate bar, etc.) contains both. You can find this on most ingredient lists for chocolate bars as well as almost any reputable web site (e.g. not a blog). Here is one of many that shows both ingredient: http://www.hersheys.com/nutrition/caffeine.asp
- tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13**I move away from the mic to breathe in
- ChibiJosh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Theobromine is also the reason chocolate will kill some animals (i.e. dogs and horses)
- dark_helmet, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Chocolate Rain!
- pollarda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I am a chocolate maker. (See: http://www.amanochocolate.com/) so I know a bit about chocolate. Chocolate does in fact contain caffeine. This is recognized by virtually all the trade literature such as Beckett's book "Industrial Chocolate: Manufacture and Use" (see pgs. 19, 20, 28, 138) among others. Cocoa bean nib contains about 0.2% caffeine by weight. On a 70% dark chocolate bar, this would make the amount of caffeine approximately 0.12% due to the added cocoa butter and sugar. Milk chocolate would have less since there is the added milk as well as additional sugar and so the amount of caffeine would be approximately 0.07%. It is absurd to think that the people who study chocolate do not know how to differentiate theobromine and caffeine in the laboratory.
Unfortunately, there are a number of other inaccuracies throughout the website. I probably should not go through all of them here and it is unfortunate since the author clearly has put quite a bit of time into collecting all this information. - cuoops, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8jeez, change the color of the page or something......
- SPECOPS, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I caught it, also the test referenced (chemical analysis) was performed in 1993. Very small amounts are hard to test, technology comes a long way in 14 years.
- joot2112, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7INACCURATE! I have a medical condition that makes me sensitive to caffeine and chocolate, especially dark chocolate, absolutely contains caffeine.
- sciencebase, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I've searched PubMed for papers about caffeine in chocolate, there are plenty, and quote from the UK's Institute of Food Research on the small, but definite amounts of caffeine in chocolate. Why is this late 2001 paper with a dubious claim on Digg at all?
More on caffeine in chocolate here - http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html - karmak1ng, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5This just proves it: If you post something, even if it's completely ***** wrong, people will digg it up, no matter what.
- noamsml, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5If it's in the ingredient list, then it's added during chocolate production. By the same token, you could claim the ingredients that make Coca Cola contain natural caffeine (well, admittedly, they did at the turn of the century, but now it's added artificially).
- Rozza, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6ahh, but does rain contain chocolate?
- Dakoman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4This article is utter bollocks. If you're going to claim things, at least cite verifiable sources.
Cocoa/Cocoa butter DOES contain small amounts of caffeine, here is one source;
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17674523 - Frisbinator, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3 This article started to sound somewhat new age with descriptions such as ''gentle, smooth, sensual stimulation'' and ''increases feeling of well being'' to describe theobromine. I almost expected information on where I could purchase theobromine supplements at the end.
- Jugalator, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Not sure any is, but one of them could be wrong.
- thevelvetsun, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Oh yeah, I always confuse caffeine and theobromine. The other day at Starbucks I asked for theobromine-free coffee and the girl looked at me like I was crazy. But I mean, c'mon, who hasn't made that mistake once or twice?
- isunktheship, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Oddly enough in 2001 they also said rain did NOT contain chocolate. BOY WERE THEY WRONG!
(some stay dry and others feel the pain) - guairdean, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I'm allergic to caffeine and I get the same reaction from chocolate that I do from other sources of caffeine. The author of this article needs to do more research.
- Phyltre, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If you really knew everything, you would know all falsehoods as well as all truths. But would you know which was which?
- Urusai, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3They're currently marketing chocolate-free chocolate. They call it "chocolate". It tastes like ass. If you want to see for yourself, try any candy bar in the supermarket, especially "Hershey's" brand ass chocolate.
- FTLTorgo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Anandamide raised my neighborhood's insurance rates.
- cliffzdude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2http://www.hersheys.com/nutrition/caffeine.asp
- Altotus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yes. Hershey (and several other "chocolate" makers) add caffeine to the chocolate. You don't see that in premium chocolate. Further, while caffeine naturally occurs in some cultivars of theobroma cacao, it varies and several produce no caffeine whatsoever. Regardless, naturally occurring caffeine in chocolate is at a very low level if any.
Inicidentally, the plant produces both caffeine and theobromine as antinutritional factors / toxins to ward off insects that might consume the plant. If the plant is under stress, it will produce more of both chemicals. - evil-doer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2not only is the chocolate thing inaccurate but theobromine is also in kola, guarana, and tea.
- TheJuggernaut, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2HERESY!
Oh, and man rode dinosaurs. - lordcarbo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Not like kids these days avoid caffeine with those heart-stabbing energy drinks they drink...
Wait! This just in! Sucrose is still an unhealthy drug. - kronix2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"Chocolate derived from cocoa contains a small amount of caffeine. The weak stimulant effect of chocolate may be due to a combination of theobromine and theophylline as well as caffeine.[16] Chocolate contains too little of these compounds for a reasonable serving to create effects in humans that are on par with coffee. A typical 28-gram serving of a milk chocolate bar has about as much caffeine as a cup of decaffeinated coffee." - from the Wikipedia article.
Long story short, chocolate contains a tiny amount of caffeine, resulting in the caffeine having little to no effect on us. - noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2this is the abstract of the study done on chemicals in chocolate that wikipedia uses as a source: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2861730 ... i'd have to go with wikipedia on this one.
- mbeckfl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2So let me get this straight, it doesn't contain caffeine, but a "xanthine called Theobromine" which to anyone but a PhD in Chemistry has the same effects as caffeine? That's a great argument. I say chocolate contains caffeine.
- Smills, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Dugg down for being downright crazy.
- brad3378, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2somebody should fix this wikipedia article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate
According to the wikipedia entry, chocolate contains small amounts of caffeine.
Which source is more reliable? - Red05, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1So who's lying?
- TaLoNxNL, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3The drug in chocolate gives almost the same effect as weed,
oh noes, America will now wage war on chocolate... - knetch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1GOV versus chocolate lobby, I'm goin' government:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002445.htm - Tippis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Bah! Just mix it with the 8 litres of milk you need to drink (within a 30-minute period) to get drunk ;)
- outlaw686, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Hah, someone should market caffine free chocolate. it would be the biggest scam since bottled water!
- noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i've had some pretty pure chocolate and lots and lots of weed; i can tell you first hand that there isn't anything in chocolate that does anything comparable.
- noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"the plant produces both caffeine and theobromine as antinutritional factors / toxins to ward off insects that might consume the plant. If the plant is under stress, it will produce more of both chemicals." - source please. people have said that about many plants and about various chemicals they produce, which it is entirely false and stress causes a lack of production of the specific chemical/s.
- eXcivory, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1PLEASE BURY THIS 6 YEAR OLD INACCURATE ARTICLE, THIS DOESN'T BELONG
- pollarda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This is because caffeine is not an added ingredient. The database does not contain a list of every chemical that is in every foodstuff only added ingredients.
- noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1once it hits the front page and the mass of digg sees it, it's going to get dugg no matter how incredibly false it is.
- epiccollision, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1did you even read the article dumbass
- dylanwhat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Mormon propaganda.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No, that was from the article, this is what I have found on Cacao..."Chocolate is made from the seeds of a plant called Theobroma cacao. The seeds are dried and roasted and then processed to form cocoa, the basic ingredient in chocolate and chocolate products. The use of cocoa for eating and drinking probably dates back several thousand years. The first evidence of cocoa use comes from cooking vessels containing cocoa residue. Scientists have determined these pots to be from at least 460 to 480 A.D. Columbus discovered cacao beans in America and sent samples back to King Ferdinand." http://www.rawcacao.com/
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