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White Chocolate

Confection of cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids with no cocoa mass.

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About White Chocolate

White chocolate is a confection made from cocoa butter, sugar, and milk solids, with no cocoa mass. It is used in bars, chips, coatings, fillings, sauces, mousses, cakes, cookies, and other desserts. Recipes vary in their proportions of cocoa butter, milk ingredients, sugar, and added flavourings.

Its flavour is typically sweet, creamy, and milky, with delicate cocoa-butter notes rather than the roasted bitterness of dark or milk chocolate. It is firm when set and smooth when melted, although the final texture varies with the formulation and with added ingredients such as nuts or crisp pieces.

White chocolate ranges from pale ivory to light cream and is sold as bars, chunks, chips, wafers, or couverture-style pieces. Chop it for controlled melting or baking; melt it gently, then cool it to restore a firm texture. Tempering can give couverture chocolate a glossy finish and clean snap.

Ingredient type
compound ingredient

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Local names for white chocolate

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

white chocolate

English

White chocolate candy

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English

white chocolate coating

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English

WHITE CHOCOLATE CURLS

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English

white chocolate powder

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White Chocolate nutrition & diet

White Chocolate nutritional value

Chocolate, white

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
543.3kcal
Protein
7.1g
Carbs
54.6g
Fat
34.5g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F002946. 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

Use the product’s stated edible portion and distinguish solid chocolate from chips, curls, fillings, or baking wafers. Cocoa butter, sugar, milk ingredients, emulsifiers, flavorings, and inclusions vary by recipe. Preparation with desserts or beverages can add ingredients that should be catalogued separately.

Compare the right form: Match a reference for white chocolate confectionery, including cocoa-butter formulation, milk ingredients, and solid, chip, wafer, or filled form.

Diet considerations

This is a processed confection generally made with plant-derived cocoa butter and dairy ingredients, though the exact recipe must be checked. Compatibility changes with milk, emulsifiers, fillings, coatings, cereal inclusions, or shared formulations. Added sugars and portion size make serving context important for carbohydrate patterns.

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

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: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Chocolate, white ↗. 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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