Is white chocolate bad for a sore throat?
First of all, the FDA doesn’t consider white chocolate to be real chocolate, unfortunately. Here’s what I found in wikipedia: Although white chocolate is made the same way as milk chocolate and dark chocolate, the ingredients are different. Because of the ingredients, many people (including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) do not consider “white chocolate” to be chocolate at all,[5] but in most cases, it does contain cocoa butter: a product that, like many cocoa solids, is derived from the cacao bean. However, some preparations (known as confectioner’s coating or summer coating) are made from inexpensive solid or hydrogenated vegetable and animal fats, and as such, is not at all derived from cocoa. Apparently it was invented by Nestle to use excess cocoa butter. Candy like white chocolate, or anything with a lot of sugar or especially high fructose corn syrup can irritate your throat and cause you to cough. If you want chocolate, a cup or so of hot cocoa is fine and will probably
