Can spoiled chocolate kill you

Answer 1

The two toxic substances in Chocolate are Caffeine and Theobromine.

(LD50 is a way of describing toxicity. It stands for Lethal Dose 50%, how much of something that is a deadly dose for half of the individuals tested)

LD50 - Theobromine ~ 1000 mg/kg

LD50 - Caffeine ~ 175 mg/kg

Theobromine 1.3% in chocolate

Caffeine 0.02% in chocolate

Therefore Theobromine is the most dangerous toxin in chocolate.

Given an average weight of a human of 80kg

LD50 theobromine = 80,000 mg

6.15 Kg of chocolate would kill half of people of average weight

Those massive bars of cadburys dairy milk are 200g - so approx 31 of those would have a 50% chance of killing you of theobromine poisoning if you are of average weight.

Hope i helped.

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The answer above might be confusing. In a short version:

Chocolate contains small amounts of toxins. As you know, a lot of small amounts make a lot. If you had a lot of those 5 lb Hershey Bars, you would die, because the amout of toxins would be enough to kill you. Since people are so much bigger than other animals, it takes a lot of chocolate to kill them. A dog is smaller than a person, so it takes less toxins to kill a dog. A parakeet is extremely small, so small that even an ounce of chocolate could kill it. An enire M&M or chocolate chip could kill a parakeet.

Answer 2

NONE! Unless you choke on it or put any harmful stuff on it like for example; Bleach.

Answer 3

It probably will not kill you, but it can make you sick or give you food poisoning.