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Semi-sweet chocolate

Semi-sweet chocolate is a dark-style cocoa-and-sugar chocolate with variable sweetness and cocoa content, used in baking, desserts, coatings, and eating.

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About Semi-sweet chocolate

Semi-sweet chocolate is a dark-style chocolate made from cocoa ingredients and sugar, with no single universal sweetness or cocoa proportion implied by the name. It is typically brown, firm when cool, and melts to a smooth, cocoa-flavoured liquid. It is used in baking, desserts, coatings, and eating.

It is sold in bars, blocks, and other shapes, and recipes differ in cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar, and sometimes added ingredients such as lecithin or vanilla. The term is especially common in some markets and does not define a precise standard shared by all products.

Ingredient type
whole food

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semi-sweet chocolate

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Semi-sweet chocolate nutrition & diet

Semi-sweet chocolate nutritional value

Candies, semisweet chocolate

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded USDA food form.

Calories
480kcal
Protein
4.2g
Carbs
63.9g
Fat
30.0g

Reference values for the displayed USDA form. Varieties, brands and preparation can differ.

Comparisons depend on cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar, and any additional ingredients; the name does not specify a uniform recipe.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not 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.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Candies, semisweet chocolate ↗. 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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