[Red Badger]

Racist!.................

[Liz]

.......once the cacao pods are picked, and then cleaned of pithy white material from the fruit, they are dried ....uncovered......in the hot tropical sun.......

This is the allergenic dimension of chocolate——all those dust mites settling on the beans are then processed into the chocolate.

There is one brand that does not process them that way....cant remember it offhand.