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Chocolate Sauce

Low concern

Chocolate sauce is a sweetened compound food product. Main concern is high added sugar content.

Found in

131 products

What it is

A sweet sauce made from cocoa, sugar, water/milk/cream, and often emulsifiers and thickeners.

Topping; flavoring; dessert sauce.

Why it's flagged

high added sugar content
potential commercial additives

What regulators actually say

"FDA requires the declaration of added sugars on the Nutrition Facts label and recommends limiting intake to less than 10% of daily calories."

FDA Added Sugars Labeling — fda.gov

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Compound food; no specific standard of identity

European Union — EFSA

Compound food; component additives regulated

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