What are the ingredients in Carob Chips?!
What are the ingredients in Carob Chips?
Mostly I want to know if they contain milk...
Answers:
The Carob tree Ceratonia siliqua, is an evergreen shrub or tree native to the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its edible seed pods.
Carob is a member of the legume family. It helps fix nitrogen back into the soil.
Also known in alternative culture as "Hippie Chocolate", the flesh of the carob pods is occasionally claimed to taste similar to sweetened cocoa, but to contain no theobromine or other psychoactive substances and is used as a hypoallergenic, drug-free substitute. (For this reason, it is considered non-toxic to dogs, and is used in dog treats such as Carob Chip Cookies). Mixed with saturated fats like butter fat or palm oil, it is used to make a sweet confection, considered chocolate-like by some, that is usually referred to simply as "carob."
So you need to read the label of ingredients before you eat any. It could very well have butter fat, or milk solids in the mix.
Carob Chips 5 LBS
Grain Sweetened Carob Chips, made from whole grain malted barley and corn, fractionated palm kernel oil, carob powder, and soy lecithin.
contain no milk!