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A Yahoo! search on "caffeine and chocolate" yielded thousands of web page matches, including several that looked very promising. We scoped the sites listed in the Google search results and decided to check three of the more recognizable URLs. Our first stop was the FAQ section of Rec.Food.Chocolate, where the question of caffeine content was posed. The answer explains that there are about 30 milligrams of caffeine in your average chocolate bar, while a cup of coffee contains around 100 to 150 milligrams. Next, we visited the Chocolate Facts Sheet on the Gourmet Spot web site. They agreed
the level of caffeine in chocolate (6 milligrams per 1 ounce of milk chocolate) is low when compared to the level in coffee, tea, and some soft drinks. Finally, our last stop was CandyUSA, a web site from the National Confectioners Association and Chocolate Manufacturers Association. In a lengthy article titled, "The Story of Chocolate" our earlier findings were corroborated. The article says the amount of caffeine ingested when people eat chocolate in normal quantities is very small. For example, 1.4 ounces of milk chocolate contains about 6 milligrams of caffeine, about the same as the amount found in a cup of decaffeinated coffee.
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