It is too bitter to eat and is used mainly in baking. Milk chocolate has milk as well as cocoa, cocoa butter, and varying amounts of sugar. Flavorings such as vanilla are sometimes added. White chocolate contains no chocolate liquor, but only cocoa butter, sugar, milk, and flavorings. Misconceptions about Chocolate Chocolate is high in caffeine.
Chocolate causes migraine headaches.
Chocolate is addictive. Although many people experience cravings for chocolate, there is little evidence from existing studies that these are due to addiction. Most of the ingredients of chocolate have been known for some time. Of greater interest are the new findings that chocolate contains substantial amounts of antioxidants in the form of complex mixtures of phenolic compounds, and that these may have beneficial effects on health. Some background on what is known about dietary antioxidants in general may be helpful before we look at those in chocolate.