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Yeah, it's unclear from the article what the product is actually going to be composed of. 70% dark chocolate means basically 70% cocao and 30% sugar. Is it stil
by Finnucane 7y ago
Yeah, it's unclear from the article what the product is actually going to be composed of. 70% dark chocolate means basically 70% cocao and 30% sugar. Is it still going to be 30% sugar? It might not be cane sugar, but it'll still be sugar.
- pteraspidomorph 7y agoThat's really not true. Or at least in europe, 70% chocolate contains 70% cocoa solids. The remaining 30% are mostly butter (cocoa butter or another type of fat) and can contain sugar and milk.
- arcticbull 7y agoAt least in the US to be called chocolate it has to be cocoa butter. Chocolate is an FDA regulated term. Hershey learned this lesson the hard way a few years back as they tried to change over to vegetable oil, IIRC. [1] Apparently in the UK it must be at least 20% cocoa solids. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/business/worldbusiness/09iht-chocolate.1.7055816.html https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/business/worldbusiness/09...
- Finnucane 7y agoGenerally, manufacturers include the cocao butter in the percentage of cocao solids. And only low-grade chocolates would substitute another kind of fat.