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Surprising facts about caffeine in Chocolate

People usually are concerned about their health and ask the shopkeepers, “Do your chocolates contain caffeine?” The chocolates are extremely mouth-watering and give the consumers a wonderful experience. But experts also highlight some of the surprising facts associated with the consumption of chocolates in respect to the presence of caffeine in them. The chocolates are considered as the best stress-reliever, mind changer, and mood enhancer.
The composition of chocolates plays a vital role in all its characteristics and taste.

There is a certain amount of caffeine which is present in the various chocolates. It is usually proven by the researchers that every 100 grams of dark chocolate contain a total of 43 mg and every 100 grams of milk chocolate comprises of 20mg. Caffeine is regarded as a xanthine alkaloid substance which is present in various nuts, fruits and varied plants such as tea, coffee, etc. One of those plants is a cocoa tree. The seeds named cocoa beans of the cocoa plant comprises caffeine.

Caffeine and Cocoa Beans

The amount of caffeine in cocoa beans ranges from 0.1 percent to 0.7 percent and the most usual amount is 0.2 percent. At the time of the making of dark chocolate, there is a winnowing process and during the process, cocoa nibs are created. And further, these nibs are used for making chocolates and ultimately these nibs contain some amounts of caffeine. The higher the number of nibs chocolate, the greater the amount of caffeine present.

Caffeine in Dark Chocolates

The dark chocolate comprise a greater amount of cocoa solids in comparison to the milk chocolates. And thus, it is clearly evident that the dark chocolates contain higher caffeine levels, a composition of lecithin, salt, vanilla, cocoa butter, sugar and cocoa nibs. There is a varied percentage of cocoa beans in a variety of chocolates. The chocolates are usually marked as the bittersweet or semi-sweet. There is no clear description but the semi-sweet contains a lesser amount in comparison with the bittersweet dark chocolates.

The amount of caffeine intake also depends upon the amount of chocolate a person eats. From the overall perspective, there is a lesser amount of caffeine in the dark chocolates when compared to coffee but higher when compared to milk chocolates.

So, to conclude, how much caffeine is in chocolates? There are enough amounts of caffeine in the variety of chocolates but they differ per the composition and variance such as milk chocolate, dark chocolate, sweet, semi-sweet, bittersweet, etc. The experts and doctors advise that the composition must be checked as well as the amount of intake must also be small so that the amount of caffeine consumed is very low and does not impact the health of the consumer.




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