Understanding Chocolate Specifications
Organic Specifications
- Organic Cocoa Liquor
- Organic 100% Pure Unsweetened Chocolate
- Organic 72% Dark Chocolate (No Added Emulsifier, No Vanilla)
- Organic Coconut Blossom Sweetened Dark Chocolate (No Added Emulsifier, Coconut Blossom Sweetened, No Vanilla)
- Organic Dutch Cocoa Powder 10-12%
- Organic Natural Cocoa Powder 10-12%
Organic & Fair Trade Specifications
- Organic Fair Trade Chocolate Liquor
- Organic Fair Trade Unsweetened Chocolate
- Organic Fair Trade 72% Dark Chocolate (No Added Emulsifier, No Vanilla)
- Organic Fair Trade Brown Cocoa Powder 10-12%
- Organic Fair Trade Natural Cocoa Powder 10-12%
Standard Specifications
Belgian Chocolate
- King of the Belgians Dark Chocolate
- King of the Belgians Milk Chocolate
- King of the Belgians White Chocolate
Chocolate
- Dark Chocolate Couverture
- Melting Chocolate Chips
- Milk Chocolate Couverture Tabs
- White Chocolate Couverture Tabs
Cocoa Powder
Specialty Chocolates
Certifications
Information
- Absence of Prohibited Substances Statement
- BSE and TSE Statement for Cocoa Powder
- BSE, TSE and Milk Ingredient Statement for Chocolate
- Chocolate Ingredients
- Chocolate Process Flow Diagram | HACCP Plan
- Ethical Trade Statement
- Ethylene Oxide Statement
- Fair Trade Cocoa Farmers Brochure
- Food Grade and GRAS Status for Cocoa Powder
- Food Safety Modernization Act and Good Manufacturing Process Statement
- Gluten Free Chocolate and Cocoa Powder Statement
- GRAS Statement for Chocolate
- Ionizing Radiation Statement
- Irradiation Statement
- Letter of Guarantee
- Melamine Statement
- Milk Pasteurization Statement
- Non-GMO Statement
- Pesticide Statement
- Product Safety Information Sheet
- Soy Labeling Statement
- Traceability Program
- Vanilla Extract vs Alcohol Content Statement
- Vegan Statement
Monitoring Results: Heavy Metals
Oregon state University has done research on the subject and they have an excellent article worth reading so that you can see chocolate is of much lower concern than common vegetables at the grocery store.
Lead is a naturally occurring element in all soil. All plants contain some degree of lead. Root vegetables such as carrots, beets and potatoes contain higher levels of lead than non root vegetables. Cacao is less likely to contain as much lead as root vegetables like potatoes because it is a fruit that grows on a tree. Please see below the full details.
mg/kg means ppm = parts per million This is the measurement used for lead, cadmium and heavy metals analysis. Parts per million (ppm) is the way of measuring very small levels and concentrations of a heavy metal in chocolate. So when you see this figure in conversions regarding the mass of chocolate it is equal mg/kg to ppm as 1:1.
- California Proposition 65 Statement
- USA Contamination Statement
- California Proposition 65 Law
- PPM Calculator and Convertor to Help Understand Monitoring Results
- De-shelled Cocoa Beans
- Chocolate and Cocoa Powder Heavy Metal Test Results