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lavenderpegasus
19-06-2009, 13:43
It has only just occured to me that I'm giving my some caffine EVERY MORNING!!!!!:banghead:

Most mornings now that it is cold my son (2) and I have a hot chocolate. It is just drinking chocolate does it have caffine???

I'll be changing his to a warm milk from now on I think.....

lp
~Candy~
19-06-2009, 13:46
I give my kids the Woolies homebrand drinking chocolate...I just read the label and couldn't see Caffine anywhere on it:confused:
KatiesMum
19-06-2009, 14:02
as far as I am aware, cocoa beans (from which chocolate is made) contain caffeine.'

because it is naturally occurring within the cocoa bean, it is not listed as an ingredient as such.

Notice that chocolate and coffee and coke etc do not actually show caffeine as an ingredient.

So the answer is yes - I beleive that hot chocolate would contain caffeine.
kar
19-06-2009, 15:38
Definitely does. My DS is super sensitive to caffeine in breast milk and I can tell you that anything chocolate will have traces (unless it is white chocolate which isn't chocolate at all!), how much is probably dependent on the quality, ie higher quality = more cocoa = more caffeine. Even Milo for instance does have some caffeine.
wocket
19-06-2009, 16:21
yep. anything with coco solids has caffeine. it can take up to 72 hour for a child under 2 to metabolize it.
lavenderpegasus
19-06-2009, 17:51
So one teaspoon of the cadbury drinking chocolate has caffine... Is it bad enough to change our ways.

Should I be worried?
NonnyMouse
19-06-2009, 22:10
The caffeine in chocolate and chocolate drinks is only a little bit more than the caffeine in decaffeinated coffee which has from 1 - 5 mg per cup, whereas a glass of chocolate milk for example has 4 mg, and 30g of chocolate has about 6mg of caffeine.

I wouldn't worry too much... yes it's caffeine, but nowhere near the strength of coffee and certainly not a high enough amount to harm your kids I would think.
kar
20-06-2009, 08:03
F can't even tolerate me drinking decaf coffee or a cup of tea, what a nightmare!

I wouldn't be worrying if there was no adverse effect on your son myself. Don't think a hot chocolate ever harmed anyone, unless you are my boy that is!
MissMetal
20-06-2009, 10:33
what about Milo?? no idea on the ingredients tho ;)
kar
20-06-2009, 13:16
Milo has caffeine. I really doubt it is enough to have any effect on most people/babies/kids though.