Q. I recently bought some carob on a whim and now I’m wondering about its nutritional profile. Is it a healthy alternative to chocolate? What are the pros and cons? A. What is Carob? Carob is native ...

Carob has long been associated with the Jewish holiday of Tu B’shvat, the New Year of the Trees. But would it be so wrong to include a little chocolate, too? Each has religious connections. Sometimes ...

What has a similar taste to chocolate but isn’t chocolate? Carob. Carob is a tree, native to the Mediterranean region, grown for its edible pods. Inside the pods are seeds and pulp. The seeds are ...

Associate Professor Liu Shao Quan (left) and Mr Manfred Ku from the NUS Department of Food Science and Technology developed novel methods to improve the taste of carob-based chocolate alternatives.

As much as I love chocolate brownies, the carob version is a nice, healthy alternative which exercises our skills of foraging and utilizing wild-growing foods. The pods of the carob tree are rich in ...

As a child of the 1970s, I remember the sadness of discovering that a home-baked chocolate chip cookie was in fact a carob chip cookie. Nothing against carob per se, but this “healthier” chocolate ...

Some of my best botany field trips have been to supermarkets and produce stands. In an extensive and varied market, there's always something interesting to see, and it makes an easy way of bringing ...

Far from being cocoa's poor cousin, carob powder is the ideal ingredient for healthy confectionery for kids, mimicking the "shine, snap and silky smooth texture" of milk chocolate without the ...

"We recognized a significant gap in the market for people who love chocolate but cannot consume it due to health reasons or lifestyle choices. carobm? was created to provide a premium quality ...

Advances in food technology are enabling the creation of cocoa alternatives that closely mimic the taste, texture, and mouthfeel of traditional chocolate, says Emma Schofield, associate director for g ...