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Dark Chocolate

Dark chocolate is a cacao-based confection with relatively little added milk and is eaten directly or used in desserts, sauces, and baking.

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About Dark Chocolate

Dark chocolate is a solid cacao-based confection made from ingredients such as cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and sweetener, generally without the milk solids characteristic of milk chocolate. It is eaten in bars, pieces, or wafers and is also used in baking, desserts, sauces, coatings, and drinks.

Flavor can range from sweet and fruity to bitter, roasted, or intensely cocoa-like. It has a firm snap and a smooth or slightly gritty melt. Products differ in cocoa proportion, sweetness, texture, and added flavorings such as vanilla, salt, nuts, or spices, so sensory character is product-specific.

Dark chocolate is sold as bars, pieces, wafers, chocolate chips, couverture, and baking bars. Chopping or grating creates smaller pieces for melting or folding into mixtures; melting makes it fluid for sauces, coatings, or drinks; and cooling restores a solid form, with handling properties varying by format.

Ingredient type
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Where dark chocolate appears

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Desserts

Ingredient connections awaiting review · Coverage is still growing, including packaged snacks.

Name examples awaiting language review. Confirm the specific food or product.

Local names for dark chocolate

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

Dark Chocolate

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85% Dark Chocolate

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Chocolate, dark, 45- 59% cacao solids

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Chocolate, dark, 60-69% cacao solids

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Chocolate, dark, 70-85% cacao solids

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Chocolate, dark, high cocoa solids

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dark chocolate chunks

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Dark chocolate drops

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DARK CHOCOLATE FLAKES

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DARK CHOCOLATE MORSELS

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dark chocolate with sweeteners

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ORGANIC DARK CHOCOLATE CHIPS

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SEMI-SWEET DARK CHOCOLATE

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Dark Chocolate nutrition & diet

Dark Chocolate nutritional value

Reference: Chocolate, dark, high cocoa solids

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
528.2kcal
Protein
3.9g
Carbs
62.6g
Fat
30.3g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F002921. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Match the reference to the stated cocoa percentage, serving form, and whether the chocolate is plain, filled, or used in a recipe. Portion size matters because added sugar and optional inclusions vary. Weigh edible pieces separately from wrappers, coatings, nuts, fillings, or accompanying desserts.

Compare the right form: Use a reference for solid dark chocolate eaten as purchased, matching cocoa formulation and any milk, fillings, nuts, coatings, or inclusions.

Diet considerations

Dark chocolate is cacao-derived, but recipes may include milk ingredients, butterfat, nuts, emulsifiers, or other additions. Plain bars and baking chocolate differ from filled confectionery. Compatibility therefore depends on the exact label, manufacturing formulation, and whether it is used with cereal-based, dairy-containing, or animal-derived ingredients.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Depends on the version
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Sugar. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Chocolate, dark, high cocoa solids ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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