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From: wiggs@milton.u.washington.edu (James Wiggs)
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Subject: Re: Love, chocolate and caffeine
Keywords: phenylethylamine
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Date: 29 Jan 91 20:08:26 GMT
References: <1991Jan22.202142.13814@newcastle.ac.uk> <1991Jan28.110606.11803@cs.UAlberta.CA> <1203@ai.cs.utexas.edu>
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In article <1203@ai.cs.utexas.edu> throop@cs.utexas.edu (David Throop) writes:
>
>  But chocolate doesn't contain caffeine, does it?  I've repeatedly
>seen claims that it does, but I think that all that it actually
>contains is theobromine, (a compound which, contrary to it's name,
>contains neither bromine nor God.)
>

   It contains *both* caffeine and theobromine.

>   Simple proof that chocolate doesn't contain caffeine:
>     If it did, somebody would be marketing a caffeine free chocolate.

   There is a caffeine-free "chocolate".  It's called carob.  Another
beautiful proof ruined by an awkward fact...

>David Throop


James Wiggs
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