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2:31 am
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Can anyone help me with caffeine content of the different percentages of chocolate?
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12:54 pm
June 3, 2008
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it’s very low – i forget the actual numbers, but have them at home if you really need them. almost nothing. caffiene’s kissing cousin – theobromie – however, averages around 12,800 ppm in liquors – of course that will vary by liquor and seasonality. theobromine is also a stimulant, and is the reason why you shouldn’t feed your goodies to horses or dogs as they respond to it muchmore than we do, and can send them into cardiac arrest…
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4:35 pm
June 3, 2008
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cosmocat38
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Thanks very much. If you have the information I would greatly appreciate it. (In mg would be helpful).
Diane
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11:35 pm
June 3, 2008
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seneca
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The data I’ve seen averages about 200mg of caffeine per kilo of cocoa mass. That would be 20mg/100g, or about 15mg in 100g of 70% chocolate (assuming no added cocoa butter…)
By way of comparison, that’s about the same as 1.5 oz. of decaf espresso.
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4:30 pm
June 4, 2008
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3:15 am
July 6, 2008
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We have an article that covers caffeine in chocolate on our website. You can find it here:
http://www.amanochocolate.com/articles/caffeineinchocolate.html
Hope this helps !
-Art
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12:49 pm
July 6, 2008
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The numbers seems to vary hugely – Sebastian quotes 200 mg per kilo, but Amano’s calculations start with about 200 mg per 100 g of cocoa mass! Which also makes chocolate much stronger then any other stimulants, like coffee or tea, per 100 g (apart from espresso)?
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5:03 am
July 7, 2008
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seneca
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Art’s piece averages it at 0.2% (two tenths of a percent) by mass. That’s the same as the 200mg/kg figure. It all looks like the same baseline to me…
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5:15 am
July 7, 2008
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For what it’s worth, the table on Pg.22 of Minifie lists these values:
Average 22 samples:
Percentage Theobromine: 1.22
Percentage Caffeine: 0.214
Maximum:
Percentage Theobromine: 1.73
Percentage Caffeine: 0.416
Minimum:
Percentage Theobromine: 0.82
Percentage Caffeine: 0.062
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12:03 pm
July 7, 2008
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ellie
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Yes, but I was referring to numbers in the table, where 100% chocolate has 198mg caffeine per 100 g, and all the rest of the table accordingly..
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1:17 pm
July 7, 2008
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remember that content of liquor is different than the content of chocolate. chocolate only is part liquor. levels can very widely based on origin and processing.
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