What is exactly is "carob" made of?

Question

What is exactly is "carob" made of?

Answer 1

Carob is a mildly sweet powder made by grinding the pods of the topical carob tree. The flavor is somewhat comparable to that of cocoa. Carob is often used as a chocolate substitute.

Answer 2

Carob comes from the Carob tree.

Answer 3

It's a bean. Many of the "chocolate" chip cookies sold at petco stores at the dog bar are actually carob. Carob is a dog's cocoa.

Answer 4

When you encounter carob in the shops, it isn't just the bean, the packet will have a list of ingredients, which need checking out.

Some 'carob' bars have whey added and also butterfat, it just gets every-flippin-where.

You'd expect it to be vegan, but it's not always.

Crazy isn't it.

Answer 5

Carob is a bean, just like cacao.  

Answer 6

Carob is the pod of the carob tree, sometimes called St. John's bread. Some people think it tastes something like chocolate and use it ground up and roasted as a chocolate substitute.