Carob

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Name Variations

 * St. John's bread
 * honey locust
 * locust bean

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The Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) is an evergreen, leguminous shrub or tree native to the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its edible seed pods. A legume, carob is related to beans, peas, peanuts, mesquite, tamarind, kudzu and honey locust. Also known as St John's Bread, the flesh of the pods tastes somewhat similar to sweetened cocoa, but carob contains no caffeine or other psychoactive substances and is often used as a hypoallergenic, drug-free substitute. Mixed with saturated fats like butter fat or palm oil, it is often used to make a sweet confection, considered chocolate-like by some, that is usually referred to simply as "carob." Carob soothes the digestive tract and helps with diarrhoea. The main ingredients of carob are large carbohydrates. These make carob gummy so it acts as a thickener to absorb water and bind loose stools.

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