Milk Chocolate
Chocolate sweetened and softened with milk solids.
About Milk Chocolate
Milk chocolate is a sweetened chocolate preparation made with milk solids, giving it a softer, creamier character than unsweetened or dark chocolate styles. It is eaten as a confection and used in desserts, fillings, coatings, sauces, and drinks.
Its flavour is sweet, cocoa-like, and milky, though the balance varies with the chocolate formulation. The texture is typically smooth and firm at room temperature, becoming softer and fluid when warmed or melted.
It is sold as bars, blocks, chips, pastilles, grated chocolate, and other confectionery formats. Milk chocolate may be chopped, grated, melted, or folded into mixtures; these preparations change its size, flow, firmness, and distribution through the finished food.
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Local names for milk chocolate
Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.
milk chocolate
chocolat au lait
chocolate con leche
Milchschokolade
chocolate milk (low fat, Vitamin A and D fortified)
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chocolate milk (low fat)
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chocolate milk (lowfat, vitamin a and d added, aspartame sweetened)
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chocolate milk (nonfat, dry, instant)
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chocolate milk (raw)
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chocolate milk (reduced fat, vitamin A and D fortified)
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chocolate milk (reduced fat)
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chocolate milk (sterilized, sweetened)
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Chocolate milk, low fat (1%)
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Chocolate milk, Nesquik, made with non-dairy milk
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Chocolate milk, Nesquik, NS as to type of milk
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Chocolate milk, NFS
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Chocolate milk, reduced fat (2%)
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Chocolate milk, reduced sugar, fat free (skim)
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Chocolate milk, reduced sugar, low fat (1%)
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Chocolate milk, reduced sugar, NFS
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Chocolate milk, reduced sugar, reduced fat (2%)
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Chocolate milk, reduced sugar, whole
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Chocolate milk, whole
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Chocolate, milk
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Chocolate, milk, with dried fruit & nuts
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Chocolate, milk, with nuts
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milk chocolate (artificially sweetened)
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milk chocolate (carbohydrate modified)
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milk chocolate (skim)
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milk chocolate (sweet)
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milk chocolate (vitamin- and mineral-fortified)
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Milk chocolate with dried fruits
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milk chocolate with sweetener
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Milk, chocolate, lowfat, reduced sugar
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Milk, chocolate, lowfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D
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whole milk chocolate
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Milk Chocolate nutrition & diet
Milk Chocolate nutritional value
Chocolate, milk
Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.
- Calories
- 519kcal
- Protein
- 7.3g
- Carbs
- 56.0g
- Fat
- 31.1g
Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 17-648. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Portions & preparation
Match the actual milk-chocolate formulation and edible portion, including cacao content, milk ingredients, sugar, fillings, coatings, and inclusions. Distinguish a plain bar, chips, coating, beverage, or dessert component, because melting, dilution, and added ingredients change the form represented by a reference.
Compare the right form: Use a brand- or recipe-specific reference for milk chocolate as bar, chips, coating, powder, drink, or filled confection, including edible inclusions.
Diet considerations
Milk chocolate combines plant-derived cacao and sugar with animal-derived milk ingredients unless a particular formulation uses alternatives. Compatibility changes with milk substitutes, whey, nuts, cereal wafers, fillings, and coatings. A small plain piece differs from a chocolate dessert or beverage, whose carbohydrate pattern depends on the complete recipe and portion.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- 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.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Chocolate, milk ↗. 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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