Jane Whitelock wrote:
I am wondering about CAROB- in the few products with CAROB I have found, their ingedient lists dont mention sugar, but the sugar level is then very high. Is the CAROB (is it a)bean high Fructose? CAROB doesnt taste sweet....
I was hoping CAROB might help smother my chocolate pangs...am I dreaming?
Hi Jane,
below is a chart showing the food values for Carob which I got from this website:
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/carob.html
Food Value Per 100 g of Carob Flour
| Calories |
180 |
| Moisture |
11.2 g |
| Protein |
4.5 g |
| Fat |
1.4 g |
| Carbohydrates* |
80.7 g |
| Fiber |
7.7 g |
| Ash |
2.2 g |
| Calcium |
352 mg |
| Phosphorus |
81 mg |
*Sugar content may be as high as 72%.
The pods contain up to 1.5% tannins which interfere with the body's utilization of protein.
So Carob is rather high in sugar! And it won't satisfy your chocolate cravings either.
What you can do to have chocolate is to make a chocolate drink with cocoa and dextrose.
Also, there are recipes in David's book "Sweet poison quit plan" and on this site for chocolate flavoured deserts, made with cocoa, (which should be the one without added sugar) which should help too.
Don't eat too many though or you will put on weight!!!
cheers
Freda
