Carob Chips Nutritional Info

Carob is a flowering shrub that is evergreen and belongs to the pea family. The seeds of this shrub are edible and is a traditional plant in Africa. Ancient Egyptians used carob as a natural sweetener. Carob seeds were used to make sugar before sugarcane and sugar beets were used to make sugar. Today, carob seeds are used as a substitute in cakes, candy and cookies. Carob powder is also used in certain beverages and acts as a substitute for coffee in drinks. Whenever you want to substitute carob powder for cocoa powder, you must replace it with twice the weight of the cocoa powder.

Carob Chips Nutritional Info
Calories in carob chips are 934 for every serving size of 1 cup. Here is a chart giving you the exact nutritional information of carob chips. In the chart, percent daily value is mentioned for a 2000 calorie diet. These values may change as you change the daily calorie intake.

Note: The serving size for the nutrients below is 1 cup.

Nutrients	Contents	%Daily Value
Saturated Fat	50.2 g	251%
Polysaturated Fat	0.51 g	NA
Monosaturated Fat	0.836 g	NA
Sodium	185 mg	NA
Cholesterol	5 mg	2 %
Potassium	1095 mg	NA
Dietary Fiber	6.6 g	26 %
Sugar	90 g	NA
Proteins	14 g	NA
Calcium	NA	52 %
Iron	NA	12 %

Carob Chips Ingredients
The ingredients of carob chips are as follows:

• Whole Grain Malted Barley
• Corn
• Palm Kernel Oil
• Carob Powder
• Soy Lecithin

Usually, carob chips are found at a food store in the baking section. Various sweeteners and binding agents are used to prepare carob chips. Palm kernel oil is used along with these additives. In addition, there are unsweetened carob chips available in the market. In the sweetened version of carob chips, malted syrup (natural sweetener) is used instead of sugar in the carob chips. Carob chips can be used in almost every recipe that has chocolate chips as an ingredient. Carob chips have lower calories as compared to the chocolate chips. However, you cannot term it as a healthy food that can replace fruits and vegetables.

Carob Chips Benefits
Carob chips are a healthy replacement for the chocolate chips. Comparatively, carob chips have more dietary fibers than the chocolate chips. Also, carob chips are rich in protein and high in fiber. The calcium content of carob chips is higher than that of the chocolate chips. The absorption of calcium is blocked by oxalic acid present in chocolate and carob chips do not contain oxalic acid. This is another nutritional benefit of carob chips. Chocolate chips contain phenylethylamines which is many a times responsible for triggering migraines. Carob chips do not contain these small nitrogen containing molecules. Apart from these nutritional benefits, carob chips have some health benefits. Carob chips are used for treating diarrhea in children. Sometimes, carob chips are used to provide relief in traveler's diarrhea. Besides, carob chips are beneficial in GERD.

Thus, a healthy replacement for chocolate chips are carob chips. This was carob chips nutritional info.