Inhaling Chocolate

By Marilyn Terrell in Food & Drink on Sep 8, 2009 at 10:23 pm

French chef Thierry Marx and Harvard professor of biomedical engineering David Edwards have invented a way to consume chocolate without calories. Le Whif is an aerosol inhaler that provides a puff of fine chocolate powder every time you get the cocoa urge. Each inhaler contains about 200 milligrams of chocolate powder, less than 1 calorie of chocolate, with four puffs per container.

To use, you place the device between your lips and inhale and the particles land on your tongue and the sides of your mouth, where you can taste them best. When you eat a chocolate bar, in contrast, much of the chocolate passes quickly through your mouth without spending much time on your taste buds. Le Whif allows you to inhale and savor. It comes in chocolate, chocolate mint and chocolate raspberry.

Link – via Nag on the Lake

Tags: chocolate, cocoa, David Edwards, inhaler, Le Whif

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rockandrollparty
Sep 8th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
im barfing right now but having a really good time!
ND
Sep 8th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
If any Neatorama readers try this, please post your review in the comments! I’m curious to know what it’s like.
amyz5
Sep 8th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
what next? a transdermal chocolate patch!
Johnny Cat
Sep 8th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
There’s always chocolate wine, or Chocolate Rain.
samanthar
Sep 9th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Well dat’s a great news for all chocolate lovers.
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BlessedBlogger
Sep 9th, 2009 at 3:18 am
My husband is a chemist and says: “Inhaling any particulate is a bad idea. Any inhaled particulate (like sand, sugar, glitter etc) will create micro-cuts in your lungs which over time can lead to a whole host of health problems, even cancer. Which is why all those kids snuffing pixie sticks and crushed smartees are in for a nasty surprise. Not to mention the irritants like acid (which you’ll find in most candy including cocoa powder) which will settle in your lungs leading to all sorts of bacterial and fungal infections. The only thing you should be inhaling is air.”
RyanP
Sep 9th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Real chocolate junkies just heat it up in a spoon and mainline it.
Skipweasel
Sep 9th, 2009 at 7:38 am
BlessedBlogger – my thoughts exactly. OK, so chocolate is probably safer than many things – asbestos springs to mind – but I’m not sure I’d take the chance. Then again, you don’t hear of industrial lung disease amongst chocolatiers, do you?

Perhaps a choccy mouthwash would be safer?
Gerry
Sep 9th, 2009 at 7:44 am
THIS: “Inhaling any particulate is a bad idea.”

I’m sure that some ambulance-chasing lawyer would LOVE to turn away from the declining numbers of asbestos cases and target a product still being manufactured.

Anyone sucking any kind of powder into their lungs is just asking for a case of lung cancer….
Monro
Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Have a family member who worked for the company. They sell a ton. However, in my experience it just gives me a craving for a candy bar. BTW they also have mango flavor.
FishBottleT
Sep 9th, 2009 at 10:18 am
You know that people will eventually try to sniff it with their nostrils. Because you know that allot of taste is smell as well. Mabey a chocolate injection is next.
Briannana
Sep 9th, 2009 at 10:26 am
FishBottleT: Well, at least if they snort it, the nostril hairs will catch most of the expanded chocolate powder. I’m sure that it would give you quite the uh… buzz…
cindy0283
Sep 9th, 2009 at 10:53 am
the creator is an engineer himself and harvard professor. I actually tried it myself and it’s such a wonderful experience.
cindy0283
Sep 9th, 2009 at 10:55 am
blessedblogger is making no difference between nano-particles and crushed smarties, although they are worlds away.
Kathy
Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Hmmm…I was actually thinking of trying it but now I’m wondering – is it safe or not?
Gauldar
Sep 9th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
*slaps his vain with his fingers*

COMMON MAN I NEED MY CHOCO!
Veritas78
Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I had a test sample of this last spring. The first whiff: verrry chocolate-y, triggering all the senses except the mouth-feel. After 5 or 6 whiffs, all gone. Dunno what they are selling them for, but it was fun. Completely harmless, I was told.
hypotheekrente
Sep 11th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Inhaling chocolate sounds a bit strange to me. Inhaling alcohol makes better sense.
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Apr 26th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
blessedblogger is making no difference between nano-particles and crushed smarties, although they are worlds away.
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