The biggest question of all time, right? Many opinions on all sides, there are people who say no, there are people who say yes.
But we have to analyze the current legislation, in this case, Brazil… and it exists. Thus, like many other products, chocolate also has its relevant legislation. Let’s go.
Yes. If you take into account Brazilian (Anvisa), American (FGV) and European (EUR-Lex) legislation. The product has definition.
According to RDC 264/2005: White chocolate is the product obtained from the mixture of cocoa butter with other ingredients, containing at least 20% (g/100 g) total cocoa butter solids. The product may have different filling, coverage, shape and consistency.
White chocolate is a solid or semi-plastic food prepared by mixing and grinding cocoa fat with one or more dairy products and one or more optional carbohydrates, nutritional sweeteners and may contain one or more other optional ingredients. White Chocolate must be free of dyes. Must contain hair minus 20% cocoa fat. Ready-made white chocolate contains at least 3.5% milk fat and by minus 14% total milk solidsand no more than 55% carbohydrates nutritious sweeteners. In accordance with FDA regulation 21CFR163.124.
White chocolate is the product obtained from cocoa butter, milk or milk derivatives and sugar that contains at least minus 20% cocoa butter and by minus 14% dry milk solids; for the minus 3.5% milk fatsegundo a EUR-Lex 32000L0036.
Yes the chocolate branco is done with cocoa butter. And many say that you need to have cocoa solids to be considered chocolate.
However, it is important to remember that many of the characteristics that we associate with quality of chocolate (apart from the flavor, characteristic flavor) is given precisely by the cocoa butter:
- Or famous snap when breaking the chocolate
- A texture and the melting when eating chocolate
- The sensation in the mouth when eating (the famous mouth covering or mouthfeel)
- O shine of finished chocolate
And if you want to know everything about chocolate: Chocolate Guide.
