There is a persistent myth that cacão (or cocoa) contains caffeine. It would seem that this misconception is based primarily on confusion between two similar alkaloids: caffeine and theobromine. Theobromine is the primary active ingredient in cacão and its name is derived from the genus name of the cacão tree theobroma cacão. Theobroma comes from Greek, meaning food of the gods.
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