Skip to content
Wish Lists Basket
0 items

Thoughts from the Chief Chocolate lady

What’s Really in My Chocolate? The essentials

by Flo Broughton 18 Jul 2019 0 Comments

So, you have managed to find yourself some quality looking chocolate. The price looks reasonable and the usual vocabulary in its pretty font is clearly plastered over the front but is this all just a charming distraction? We have all been here before, but what is actually in our chocolate?! Fortunately for us all, it is now a mandatory requirement for all foods to have packaging that has a clear and orderly list of all ingredients. Since 2014 and then additionally in 2016, the laws surrounding food ingredient listings became even strict. Furthermore, all allergens have to be listed in bold so that at a quick glance anyone can make an informed decision as to whether to eat it or not. Additionally, it is required that the way the ingredients are listed is just as important. They now have to be in the order of quantity, meaning whatever features in your chocolate the most will be at the top of the list! Hopefully, Cocoa!

Here at Choc on Choc, we thought that it would be informative to make a clear blog post on the common and essential ingredients found in chocolate. Plus, we just wanted to talk about all the yummy ingredients found in chocolate!

Firstly, let’s start with cocoa and sugar, the absolutely essential ingredients needed to make any chocolate! It might shock you to learn that you can create chocolate with extremely limited ingredients. Whilst copious companies choose to poke, prod and switch up various ingredients in their chocolate, there is one that you actually have to include and that is cocoa! Cocoa can be labelled as a wide span of different term ranging from cocoa beans to cocoa solids. Apart from the exquisite 100% pure cocoa chocolate, there are usually at least two ingredients in chocolate, cocoa and sugar. Chocolate that contains two ingredients is your dark chocolate. Of course, the ratio of these two will vary depending on where you buy it from!

The second important ingredient is cocoa butter! You will find cocoa butter in many dark or milk chocolates. Cocoa butter is the natural fat found in the actual cocoa bean and is said to add a creamier flavour to your choccy!

Next, we have a popular ingredient that is milk! Milk chocolate has a minimum of three ingredients, of course including milk to the standard sugar and cocoa! However, plot twist, white chocolate has zero cocoa beans but has cocoa butter, along with the milk and sugar. 

The unfortunate thing for milk chocolate is that milk is a huge allergen! This means that you will now see it listed in the ingredient list in bold! If this affects you, do look out for things such as dried milk or milk powder as well!

That’s all the essential ingredients that you will find in chocolate. I know so you’re thinking to wait, there’s usually loads more ingredients listed on the back! These are the optional ingredients that without them, will still make chocolate, well chocolate! Each and every company will have different lists that will range sparsely.  We will take a look at these in our next blog post, the non-essentials!

930 x 520px

SPRING SUMMER LOOKBOOK

Sample Block Quote

Praesent vestibulum congue tellus at fringilla. Curabitur vitae semper sem, eu convallis est. Cras felis nunc commodo eu convallis vitae interdum non nisl. Maecenas ac est sit amet augue pharetra convallis.

Sample Paragraph Text

Praesent vestibulum congue tellus at fringilla. Curabitur vitae semper sem, eu convallis est. Cras felis nunc commodo eu convallis vitae interdum non nisl. Maecenas ac est sit amet augue pharetra convallis nec danos dui. Cras suscipit quam et turpis eleifend vitae malesuada magna congue. Damus id ullamcorper neque. Sed vitae mi a mi pretium aliquet ac sed elitos. Pellentesque nulla eros accumsan quis justo at tincidunt lobortis deli denimes, suspendisse vestibulum lectus in lectus volutpate.
Prev Post
Next Post

Leave a comment

Please note, comments need to be approved before they are published.

Thanks for subscribing!

This email has been registered!

Shop the look

Best Sellers

Birthday Brownie Hamper
Birthday Brownie Hamper
The perfect Birthday Hamper for the chocolate and prosecco lover. Filled with delicious brownies and chocolate what better way to celebrate. All handmade in our Somerset Kitchens for the finest Milk, Dark, and white chocolate you can't go wrong with this.
£34.00
£34.00
Decorate Your Own Chocolate Set Decorate Your Own Chocolate Set
Decorate Your Own Chocolate Set
Create a chocolate masterpiece in your very own kitchen with this decorate-your-own chocolate kit. Using the most delicious Belgian milk and white chocolate, we have made cake shapes for you and your family to decorate. Each box contains two flat cake shapes one milk one white...
£5.00
£5.00
Birthday Chocolate Bar Birthday Chocolate Bar
Birthday Chocolate Bar
The most delicious birthday bar around, bringing back fond memories of tray bakes covered in sprinkles. This white chocolate bar with a cupcake does just the job of celebrating the occasion. Made from the finest white Belgian Chocolate in the heart of Somerset.
£6.99
£6.99
Chocolate Prosecco Birthday Gift Box Chocolate Prosecco Birthday Gift Box
Chocolate Prosecco Birthday Gift Box
Send friends and family the ultimate chocolate gift. Handmade from the finest milk and white Belgian chocolate, this solid milk chocolate prosecco bottle is the perfect gift for anyone who deserves a special toast on their birthday. Accompanied by a 'birthday' message box of...
£20.00
£20.00

Choose Options

Recently Viewed

Edit Option
this is just a warning
Login
Shopping Basket
0 items
x