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Carob based chocolate alternatives, like discussed in the article, are already on the market (have been since the 70s!) and they don't taste very good, so they'
by skyyler 2y ago
Carob based chocolate alternatives, like discussed in the article, are already on the market (have been since the 70s!) and they don't taste very good, so they're generally relegated to diet food from health food stores.
Carob based "chocolate" is good for dog treats, but I don't see humans getting excited about it any time soon.
Go buy some from Whole Foods if you don't believe me.
- wumeow 2y agoIt’s better than eating lead and cadmium at least. (For those unaware, almost all popular brands of chocolate are contaminated with lead and cadmium)
- Arch485 2y agobut lead tastes yummy :(
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- plasticchris 2y agoIt was used as a sweetener at one time…
- Eumenes 2y agoLook what Ancient Rome accomplished with lead pipes
- thfuran 2y agoAll plant products are contaminated to one degree or another with unhealthy things the plants pulled out of the soil.
- Jarwain 2y agoEhh just load up on cilantro, it's a natural chelator!
- thayne 2y agoI actually like the taste of carob. But it is significantly different from the taste of chocolate.
- saalweachter 2y agoThe variation in taste is so weird and complicated that we use "a matter of taste" as a generic idiom.