How much do you know about chocolate?

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How much do you know about chocolate?

The Primary Types of Chocolate

Bittersweet or Semi Sweet (Dark) Chocolate: Sweetened chocolate with a minimum cocoa bean or chocolate

liquor content of 35% by weight, and which may contain up to 12% milk solids. Dark chocolate is the latest

rage, often preferred by adults with equally sophisticated food palates. The current trend favors bittersweet and

semi sweet chocolates with far more than the minimum required chocolate liquor content, and with little or no

milk content, resulting in more intense chocolate flavor and complexity, and less sweetness.

Milk Chocolate: Sweet chocolate that contains a minimum of 10% by weight of chocolate liquor, at least

3.39% milk fat, and a minimum of 12% milk solids (inclusive of milk fat). The current trend favors milk chocolates

with more than the minimum of chocolate liquor, producing more chocolate flavor and less sweetness.

White Chocolate: A sweet ivory-colored confection that contains by weight at least 20% cocoa butter, at least

14% milk solids, and at least 3.5% milk fat, and no more than 55% sweeteners.