Comments on: Chocolate Myths http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:33:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html/comment-page-1#comment-150650 David Bradley Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:30:51 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html#comment-150650 Art, on the whole Digg turns up mostly not great, and occasionally downright awful. db Art, on the whole Digg turns up mostly not great, and occasionally downright awful.

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]]> By: Art Pollard http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html/comment-page-1#comment-150630 Art Pollard Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:17:07 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html#comment-150630 You are correct, there truly is caffeine in chocolate and the person who wrote the article cited on Digg was incorrect. (In fact, they were incorrect on a number of issues, unfortunately.) We have an article about caffeine in chocolate on our website. (see: http://www.amanochocolate.com/articles/caffeineinchocolate.html ) It goes into a fair amount of detail on the issue. If you want to post this comment, fine if not fine but I thought I'd weigh in on the issue. It is interesting what Digg turns up both good and bad isn't it? -Art You are correct, there truly is caffeine in chocolate and the person who wrote the article cited on Digg was incorrect. (In fact, they were incorrect on a number of issues, unfortunately.) We have an article about caffeine in chocolate on our website. (see: http://www.amanochocolate.com/articles/caffeineinchocolate.html ) It goes into a fair amount of detail on the issue.

If you want to post this comment, fine if not fine but I thought I’d weigh in on the issue. It is interesting what Digg turns up both good and bad isn’t it?

-Art

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html/comment-page-1#comment-143227 David Bradley Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:07:19 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html#comment-143227 News just in - Researchers at Auburn University conducted the first large-scale study in ten years of the caffeine contents of carbonated beverages. The purpose of the study by food scientists Leonard Bell and Ken-Hong Chou was to provide data for use by the scientific community and to help consumers make more informed choices. “Some consumers want low levels of caffeine for health reasons, and others prefer the effects of higher caffeine,” said Bell. “The addition of caffeine contents to food labels would help them make better choices.” In their study, “Caffeine Content of Prepackaged National-Brand and Private-Label Carbonated Beverages,” published in the August issue of the Journal of Food Science, Bell and Chou described their evaluation of 56 national brands and 75 store brands of carbonated beverages. According to the study, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sets the legal limit of caffeine in carbonated beverages at about 72 milligrans of caffeine for a 12-ounce can of soft drink. Bell and Chou found the range of caffeine in 12-ounce cans of carbonated beverages to vary from a low of just under 5 milligrans for a store brand of cola to a high of 74 milligrams for Vault Zero, a citrus drink. Their study included cola, pepper-type and citrus beverages of both national-brands and private-label store-brands. SOURCE: <a href="http://www.ocm.auburn.edu/clippings/news_2007.html" rel="nofollow">Auburn</a> News just in – Researchers at Auburn University conducted the first large-scale study in ten years of the caffeine contents of carbonated beverages. The purpose of the study by food scientists Leonard Bell and Ken-Hong Chou was to provide data for use by the scientific community and to help consumers make more informed choices.

“Some consumers want low levels of caffeine for health reasons, and others prefer the effects of higher caffeine,” said Bell. “The addition of caffeine contents to food labels would help them make better choices.”

In their study, “Caffeine Content of Prepackaged National-Brand and Private-Label Carbonated Beverages,” published in the August issue of the Journal of Food Science, Bell and Chou described their evaluation of 56 national brands and 75 store brands of carbonated beverages.

According to the study, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sets the legal limit of caffeine in carbonated beverages at about 72 milligrans of caffeine for a 12-ounce can of soft drink. Bell and Chou found the range of caffeine in 12-ounce cans of carbonated beverages to vary from a low of just under 5 milligrans for a store brand of cola to a high of 74 milligrams for Vault Zero, a citrus drink. Their study included cola, pepper-type and citrus beverages of both national-brands and private-label store-brands.

SOURCE: Auburn

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html/comment-page-1#comment-142301 David Bradley Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:38:54 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html#comment-142301 I know...but I had just had to correct the chemistry in the original page, regardless of the Digg effect. I know…but I had just had to correct the chemistry in the original page, regardless of the Digg effect.

]]> By: Hsien Lei http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html/comment-page-1#comment-142296 Hsien Lei Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:18:01 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chocolate-myths.html#comment-142296 Digg is populated by a bunch of nutjobs who regularly promote pointless information to the front page. It's a conspiracy to waste our time so we don't do more important work. :P Digg is populated by a bunch of nutjobs who regularly promote pointless information to the front page. It’s a conspiracy to waste our time so we don’t do more important work. :P

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