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Carat Measurement and Carob Seeds: Myth or Reality?
22 October 2026
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The sentence "Carob seeds are all the same weight; that's why jewelers used them as scales and carat measurement was born from here" is one of the most repeated carob information on the internet. Some of this sentence is true and some of it is legendary.
Read MoreHistory of Carob
19 October 2026
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Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) is one of the oldest cultivated trees in the Mediterranean basin. It turned into a sign meaning "sweet" in ancient Egyptian writing, gained a place in the Greek and Roman world as both a food and weight unit, and became widespread in the Middle Ages with the interest of Arab and Andalusian agricultural writers.
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