Comments on: Dandy Candy – White Chocolate Bark with Ginger and Pistachios http://leslieland.com/2009/01/dandy-candy-%e2%80%93-white-chocolate-bark-with-ginger-and-pistachios/ in Kitchen and Garden and all around the House Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:19:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: leslie http://leslieland.com/2009/01/dandy-candy-%e2%80%93-white-chocolate-bark-with-ginger-and-pistachios/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 leslie Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:36:39 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=1988#comment-1293 Hi Harsh Thanks for writing. You are right that the Federal Standard of Identity for "chocolate" includes chocolate liquor, and this regulation brought no end of grief to producers who wanted to distinguish items based on cocoa butter from less costly - and less tasty - substitutes. In the late 90's ( I think it was), they began to petition the FDA for a rule change and as far as I can tell from a quick read they got a Federal Standard for "white chocolate" in 2002. Details are at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/fr021004.html Hi Harsh

Thanks for writing. You are right that the Federal Standard of Identity for “chocolate” includes chocolate liquor, and this regulation brought no end of grief to producers who wanted to distinguish items based on cocoa butter from less costly – and less tasty – substitutes.

In the late 90’s ( I think it was), they began to petition the FDA for a rule change and as far as I can tell from a quick read they got a Federal Standard for “white chocolate” in 2002. Details are at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/fr021004.html

]]> By: Harsh Ranjan http://leslieland.com/2009/01/dandy-candy-%e2%80%93-white-chocolate-bark-with-ginger-and-pistachios/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 Harsh Ranjan Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:30:57 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=1988#comment-1292 White chocolate originates from the cocoa (cacao) plant, but it is not 'chocolate.' According to the FDA, to be called 'chocolate' a product must contain chocolate liquor, which is what gives it the biter intense chocolate flavor (and color) to dark and milk chocolates. White chocolate originates from the cocoa (cacao) plant, but it is not ‘chocolate.’ According to the FDA, to be called ‘chocolate’ a product must contain

chocolate liquor, which is what gives it the biter intense chocolate flavor (and color) to dark and milk chocolates.

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