Only the "nibs" of the cocoa have caffeine. But the traces are very small, about 0.1% to 0.5% of caffeine is found in a cocoa bean. The highest amount, 0.5%, is found in Dark Chocolate.
Cocoa goes through a fermentation process to make it into chocolate, which also ends up reducing the amount of caffeine in it even more.
Cocoa does contain caffeine, but the traces are so tiny they're not noticeable and have no affect on the human body.
Yes.
My amazing answer:
Cocoa beans
Cocoa beans undergo a process of drying and fermentation to develop the flavor and color. The amount of caffeine in the beans varies with the type of beans and the degree of fermentation.
In an analysis of cocoa from various sources the following percentages of caffeine were found:
Percentage of Caffeine
Average (22 samples)
0.214
Maximum
0.416
Minimum
0.062
Cocoa powder
Cocoa powder contains caffeine. Depending on the degree of fermentation and the type of cocoa beans, the caffeine content will vary from 0.1-0.5%. In cocoa powders made from well fermented African cocoa beans the caffeine proportion is in general very low: 0.1% or less.
Chocolate
Levels of caffeine range from 2 to 23 milligrams in a typical 40 gram bar of Milk Chocolate and from 2 to 7 milligrams in a 227 gram glass of chocolate milk; both are the equivalent of that found in cups of decaffeinated coffee. A 28 gram piece of bittersweet (dark) chocolate contains from 5 to 35 milligrams of caffeine, still well under the approximately 75 milligrams of caffeine found in a 227 gram cup of instant coffee or the 140 milligrams found in the same amount of brewed coffee.
Cocoa butter
A study by Kiefer & Martin to determine the amounts of caffeine and theobromine in chocolate products found only small amounts of theobromine (0.008%) and caffeine (0.038%) in cocoa butter.
References:
The cocoa manual. Cacao de Zaan, 1993, p 91-92)
Chocolate and health. A scientific overview for the health professional. Chocolate Manufacturers Association of the USA, 1997
Yes, chocolate contains caffeine. For example, one ounce of milk-chocolate contains 6mg of caffeine.
The general rule is "the darker the chocolate the more caffeine it contains". See related link.
Yes, but it is a very small amount of caffeine in chocolate.
Yes, cocoa does contain a small amount of caffeine.
Yes, but in very, very small amounts.
Maybe
perhaps...
Yes, an 8 ounce cup of hot chocolate contains roughly 5mg of caffiene. You can find the caffiene amounts in several different drinks here: http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm
Hershey's claims 7mg per 2Tbsp.
One nut that contains caffeine is the Kola nut, which is used to make chocolate.
No, All types of 7Up do not have caffiene.
Chocolate, icecream, popcorn, candy, soda, tea with caffiene, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and lots and lots of Chips!!
A hot bath, a heating pad, a walk. Stay away from caffiene. May sound funny, but chocolate could help.
If you eat too much chocolate you can get very dangerous diabities! Kids should not eat too much chocolate because it has alot of caffiene in it and its not good for kids because you can get hyper. I am just warning all kids to stay away from chocolate it has too much sugar and you could get cancer.
White chocolate does not contain caffeine, since those ingredients that make chocolate dark are absent in the white chocolate production process. One may still get sugar rush from white chocolate, but it will be absent the caffeine in chocolate of the milk or dark varieties. See the "Related Links" section below for more information about caffeine in chocolate.
No.
caffiene and chocolate and cola can make PMS worse. Avoid them. Try taking soy milk and tofu and it may give you some relief.
Most likely the caffiene. Its not that they don't like it, its that the % of caffiene is toxic to their immune system.
sugar , sugar, sugar, caffiene, caffiene, caffiene, and a risk for heart failure due to a super fast heart beat