Chocolate

Chocolate

Any food product produced from cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

Industry: Candy & confectionary

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caffeine content

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Chocolate does contain caffeine, but only a small amount. A one-ounce serving of chocolate has about as much caffeine as a cup of decaffeinated coffee (6mg), so chocolate can be consumed anytime ...

carraque

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Solid milk or dark chocolate pieces, which are sometimes topped with raisins, almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts.

artisan or artisanal chocolate or chocolatier

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Artisan chocolate, like any artisan product—jewelry, furniture, couture clothing—is handmade by a skilled artisan in small batches, using time-honored and honed skills. Modern artisans are also ...

baker’s chocolate or baking chocolate or bitter chocolate or unsweetened chocolate

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

A solid, bitter chocolate made from purechocolate liquor, i.e., the cacao content is 100% with no sugar added. Historically, its only purpose was for baking. While it sounds like a generic term, for ...

brut or baker’s chocolate

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

An FDA classification of chocolate that does not contain any sugar, though it may contain flavoring like vanilla. This pure chocolate was initially intended intended for cooking but today fine 100% ...

cacao content

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

U.S. cacao standards require milk chocolate to contain at least 10% chocolate liquor. Semisweet or bittersweet chocolate must contain at least 35% chocolate liquor. The higher the percentage of ...

chocolate liquor or cocoa mass or cocoa solid or cocoa liquor or patÉ de cacao

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

(1) A misleading but basic term, chocolate liquor is a thick, gritty, dark brown paste—a solid mass that contains no alcohol (the term refers to the “essence”). It only turns liquid when it is ...