Unsweetened Chocolate Cane Sugar

Unsweetened chocolate, also called chocolate liquor or cocoa mass, is made from ground, roasted cocoa beans. It is the base ingredient for all chocolate products, containing both cocoa solids and cocoa butter. It has a very bitter flavor due to the high concentration of cocoa.

Manufacturers use unsweetened chocolate primarily for its intense chocolate flavor in baked goods, candies, and desserts. It provides the characteristic taste and color of chocolate. It is often combined with sugar and other ingredients to create milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and white chocolate.

Unsweetened chocolate is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the FDA when used as a food ingredient. The FDA has not set specific limits for its consumption. JECFA has evaluated cocoa and chocolate products, but no specific ADI was set for unsweetened chocolate. While dark chocolate, which contains unsweetened chocolate, has been studied for potential health benefits due to antioxidants, these benefits are not typically associated with the levels found in processed foods.