TYPES OF CHOCOLATE

entry for today is we gonna tell you about several types of chocolate.Cholate is range of products derived from cocoa (cacao), mixed with fat (i.e. cocoa butter and / or plant oils) and finely powdered sugar to produce a solid confection. There are several types of chocolate according to the proportion of cocoa used in a particular formulation. 

Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa 

solids contributing to the brown coloration.

Dark Chocolate

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Dark chocolate is also called "plain chocolate" or "black chocolate", is produced by adding fat and sugar to cocoa. It is chocolate with no or much less milk than milk chocolate. Dark chocolate can be eaten as is, or used in cooking, for which thicker, more expensive baking bars with higher cocoa percentages ranging from 70% to 99% are sold. Dark is synonymous with semisweet, and extra dark with bittersweet, although the ratio of cocoa butter to solids may vary.

• "Semisweet chocolate" is frequently used for cooking purposes. It is a dark chocolate with half as much sugar as cocoa, beyond which it is "sweet chocolate."
• "Bittersweet chocolate" is chocolate liquor (or unsweetened chocolate) to which some sugar (less than a third), more cocoa butter, vanilla and sometimes lecithin has been added. It has less sugar than semisweet chocolate, but the two are interchangeable when baking. Bittersweet and semisweet chocolates are sometimes referred to as 'couverture'. Many brands now print on the package the percentage of cocoa in the chocolate (as chocolate liquor and added cocoa butter). The higher the percentage of cocoa, the less sweet the chocolate is.
• "Couverture" is a term used for chocolates rich in cocoa butter. Popular brands of couverture used by professional pastry chefs and often sold in gourmet and specialty food stores include: Valrhona, Felchlin, Lindt & Sprüngli, Scharffen Berger, Cacao Barry, Callebaut, and Guittard. These chocolates contain a high percentage of cocoa.

Milk Chocolate

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Milk Chocolate is solid chocolate made with milk in the form of milk powder, liquid powder or condensed milk.

White Chocolate

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White Chocolate is a confection based on sugar, milk and cocoa butter without the cocoa solids.