Milk Chocolate With Sweetener
Milk chocolate sweetened with sugar alcohols (especially maltitol, sorbitol) commonly causes GI upset (gas, bloating, laxation) at modest portions; products require an EU laxative warning when polyols exceed 10%. Cocoa supplies modest flavanols and milk supplies fat and calcium; saturated fat content remains substantial.
What it is
Milk chocolate where some or all of the sugar is replaced with non-nutritive sweeteners or sugar alcohols (e.g., maltitol, stevia, erythritol).
Sugar-reduced confection.
Why it's flagged
- Polyols → laxative effect / GI upset
- Saturated fat from cocoa butter and milk fat
- Milk allergen
What regulators actually say
"Milk chocolate is the food made by intimately mixing and grinding chocolate liquor with one or more dairy ingredients ... and one or more nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners."
"Foods containing more than 10 % added polyols ... 'excessive consumption may produce laxative effects'."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Standards of identity at 21 CFR 163.130 for milk chocolate; sweeteners individually regulated (e.g., 21 CFR 172.388 for sucralose).
European Union — EFSA
EU Reg. 1169/2011 requires 'excessive consumption may produce laxative effects' if polyols >10%.
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