S.L. 449.50 Art. 3Labelling of chocolate products. S.L. 449.46

The Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs

Regulations shall apply to the products defined in the First

Schedule, subject to the following conditions:

(a) the sales names listed in the First Schedule shall apply only to the products referred therein and must be used in trade to designate them. However, those sales names may also be used additionally to designate other products which cannot be confused with those defined in the First Schedule;

(b) where the products defined in Points 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 of Part A of the First Schedule are sold in assortments, the sales names may be replaced by “assorted chocolates” or “assorted filled chocolates” or similar names. In that case, there may be a single list of ingredients for all the products in the assortment;

(c) the labelling of the cocoa and chocolate products defined in Points 2(c), 2(d), 3, 4, S, 8 and 9 of Part A of the First Schedule must indicate the total dry cocoa solids content by including the words: ‘cocoa solids: .............% minimum’;

(d) for the products referred to in Points 2(b) and 2(d) of Part A of the First Schedule (second part of the sentence), the labelling must indicate the cocoa butter content;

(e) the sales name ‘chocolate’, ‘milk chocolate’ and ‘couverture chocolate’ specified in the First Schedule may be supplemented by information or descriptions relating to quality criteria provided that the products contain:

(i) in the case of chocolate, not less than 43% total dry cocoa solids, including not less than 26% cocoa butter,

(ii) in the case of milk chocolate, not less than 30% total dry milk solids and not less than 18% dry milk solids obtained by partly or wholly dehydrating whole milk, semi- or full-skimmed milk, cream or from partly or wholly dehydrated cream, butter or milk fat, including not less than 4.5% milk fat,

(iii) in the case of couverture chocolate, not less than 16% of dry non-fat cocoa solids.