[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR163.153]

[Page 517]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                           SERVICES--CONTINUED
 
PART 163--CACAO PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B--Requirements for Specific Standardized Cacao Products
 
Sec. 163.153  Sweet chocolate and vegetable fat coating.

    (a) Description. Sweet chocolate and vegetable fat coating is the 
food that conforms to the definition and standard of identity, and is 
subject to the requirements for label declaration of ingredients for 
sweet chocolate in Sec. 163.123, except that one or more optional 
ingredients specified in paragraph (b) of this section are used. 
Compliance with the requirement in Sec. 163.123(a)(2) limiting the total 
milk solids content to less than 12 percent by weight shall be 
calculated by including only those dairy ingredients referred to in 
Sec. 163.123(b)(4), exclusive of any added sweetener or other dairy-
derived ingredient that is added beyond that amount that is normally 
present in the specified dairy ingredient.
    (b) Optional ingredients. (1) Safe and suitable vegetable derived 
fats, oils, and stearins other than cacao fat. The fats, oils, and 
stearins may be hydrogenated;
    (2) Safe and suitable dairy-derived ingredients; and
    (3) Safe and suitable bulking agents, formulation aids, humectants, 
and texturizers.
    (c) Nomenclature. The name of the food is ``sweet chocolate and 
vegetable fat coating''. Alternatively, the common or usual name of the 
vegetable derived fat ingredient may be used in the name of the food, 
e.g., ``sweet chocolate and ______ oil coating'', the blank being filled 
in with the common or usual name of the specific vegetable fat used.