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Semisweet chocolate

Semisweet chocolate is a dark-style cocoa-and-sugar chocolate with no fixed sweetness or cocoa content, used in baking, desserts, coatings, and confectionery.

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About Semisweet chocolate

Semisweet chocolate is a dark-style chocolate made from cocoa ingredients and sugar. The term does not specify a fixed cocoa content or sweetness, which can vary among manufacturers and markets. It is generally brown and firm at room temperature, with a cocoa-forward flavour, and melts when heated.

It is used in baking, desserts, coatings, and confectionery, and is sold as bars, blocks, or pieces. Formulations can differ in cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar, and added emulsifiers or flavourings. “Semisweet” and “semi-sweet” are spelling variants for the same broad product description, not separate defined recipes.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

semisweet chocolate

English

Candies, semisweet chocolate

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English

SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CURLS

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English

SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE MORSELS

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English

SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS

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Semisweet chocolate nutrition & diet

Semisweet chocolate nutritional value

Reference: Bittersweet/semisweet chocolate

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
534kcal
Protein
6.6g
Carbs
49.6g
Fat
32.3g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Comparisons depend on the proportion of cocoa ingredients, sugar, cocoa butter, and any additions; the name does not indicate a standard formulation.

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.

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Nutrition reference: Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS) 4.0, 2025 — S560000 ↗. 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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