Pure unsweetened chocolate is completely gluten free. However, the vast majority of chocolate that persons consume is not gluten free. This is because most kinds of milk are mixed with milk and other ingredients that do contain gluten. A lot of chocolate is made with machinery that also processes gluten containing foods, which can be a problem for persons who have severe celiac disease.
Benefits
There are a number of benefits of eating chocolate, and the kind of dark chocolate that does not contain gluten is actually the healthiest. Chocolate contains a large amount of antioxidants and vitamin, and so it is very nutritious.
Eating chocolate has also been shown to lower a person’s level of stress. This is because it simply relaxes persons as the result of chocolate being something that is comforting to eat, and because it also causes one’s body to release endorphins.