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Chocolate Chunk

Also known as: chocolate chunks, chocolate pieces, chocolate chips, semisweet Chocolate Chips

Low concern

Confectionery product subject to FDA chocolate standards of identity. Contains added sugar, saturated fat, milk allergen (in milk chocolate variants), and possibly soy lecithin.

Found in

8,342 products

What it is

Pieces of chocolate (typically semisweet or milk chocolate) used as inclusions in baked goods.

Confection inclusion in cookies, ice cream, bars.

Why it's flagged

Added sugar
Saturated fat
Milk allergen (milk chocolate)
Soy lecithin

What regulators actually say

"Sweet chocolate is the solid or semiplastic food prepared by intimately mixing and grinding chocolate liquor with one or more optional nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners"

FDA 21 CFR 163.123 — accessdata.fda.gov

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Standards of identity 21 CFR 163.123–163.135

European Union — EFSA

Authorised food

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