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Sunday, August 3, 2008

chocolates

Types of Chocolate
There are many different types of chocolate available, and the chocolate bars we usually eat or use for cooking are mainly of three types:
Dark chocolate
Milk chocolate
White chocolate

Dark ChocolateDark chocolate contains cocoa butter and cocoa solids (the meat of cocoa beans); it can also contain sugar and flavourings like vanilla. There are various types of dark chocolate, according to the percentage of cocoa solids and the amount of sugar they contain.
Unsweetened chocolate, also called bitter chocolate or chocolate liquor. It contains no sugar and 99 to 100% of cocoa solids. Unsweetened chocolate is unsuitable for eating and it is usually used for cooking only.
Bittersweet chocolate contains little sugar and between 35 and 85 % cocoa solid (a good quality bittersweet chocolate contains at least 50% cocoa solids)
Semisweet chocolate contains a little bit more sugar and between 40 and 62% cocoa solids.
Sweet chocolate is sweeter and contains between 35 and 45 % cocoa solids.
Milk chocolateIn addition to cocoa butter, cocoa solids, sugar and flavourings, milk chocolate contains milk (at least 12% of the whole composition).
White chocolate
White chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, milk, vanilla but no cocoa solids. This is the reason why it is white and in some countries, like in the USA, law forbids to call it chocolate.

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