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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Does chocolate have a secret ingredient that makes it irresistible?

bar of chocolate with bite mark
Once bitten, forever smitten? Photograph: Broker/Rex/Shutterstock Photograph: imageBROKER/REX/Shutterstock

What is it about some bars of chocolate that seems to cut off any restraint impulse I’m sure I would normally have, with the result that I end up eating the whole bar? Other foods don’t seem to affect me like this. If there is a chemical in the chocolate that causes this, perhaps it could be injected into the broccoli or cabbage of kids’ school lunches.

Peter Hanson, Whitestone, Exeter

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