Chocolate & Caffine

[tublo]

My girlfriend has tinitus and is not allowed to eat chocolate as the caffine in it makes her tinitus worse, is there such a product as decaffinated chocolate please? and is there any truth in the theory that white chocolate does not contain caffine please?

[nohorn]

Since no one has replied I will tell you what I think. First chocolate doesn't have caffine, not exactly anyway.
It does have a compound similar to caffine. For me it has the same effect as caffine, it keeps me awake if I eat it close to bedtime. Took me awhile to figure that out. Now white chocolate as I understand it isn't really chocolate, but a compound of fats made to be like chocolate only white. It is merely a lot of fat and sugar. Like cheap chocolate. I hope someone else responds and corrects anything I have been babbling about if I am wrong.

[heathfield]

Theobromine is the equivalent of caffeine that's found in chocolate. Besides causing tinnitus in some humans, it's also fairly harmful to dogs. You can let your girlfriend know that 'doggy chocolate' is processed to have the theobromine removed.

[aniani]

Or she could eat carob, which you will find in any health food shop