I simply adore chocolate for many years I have spoilt myself and eaten it often. Unfortunately, during this period, I have been rather unwell and used my poor health as excuse to say to myself "go ahead spoil yourself" far too many times and I find myself just a little overweight. However it is not just my weight that is alarming as a friend recently suggested that my illness may actually be a chocolate allergy. One of the very first things that I discovered while reading up about chocolate allergy is that it is often something else that is effecting the person. The reason why it is always wise to investigate the possibility of other allergies first as this would be most likely as an allergy to chocolate is, in reality, rather rare. Most chocolate bars have cocoa as it's main ingredient and it should account for around 65% or more (depending upon how dark the chocolate is). In actual fact rather than suffering from a chocolate allergy you would actually be suffering from a cocoa allergy instead.Obviously cocoa is therefore found in any foodstuff which contains chocolate and if you suffer from a cocoa allergy you will have no option but to exclude all such products from your diet. You will always have to remember to check the labels of processed foods such as cakes and biscuits to make sure that cocoa is not listed in the ingredients.