[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: 21CFR163.155]

[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. 163.155  Milk chocolate and vegetable fat coating.

    (a) Description. Milk chocolate and vegetable fat coating is the 
food that conforms to the standard of identity, and is subject to the 
requirements for label declaration of ingredients for milk chocolate in 
Sec. 163.130 or skim milk chocolate in Sec. 163.140, except that one or 
more optional ingredients specified in paragraph (b) of this section are 
used. Compliance with the requirement in Sec. 163.130(a)(2) that the 
product contains not less than 12 percent by weight of nonfat milk 
solids shall be calculated using only those dairy ingredients referred 
to in Sec. 163.130(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 
oils, fats, and stearins other than cacao fat. The oils, fats, 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 ``milk chocolate and 
vegetable fat coating'' or ``skim milk chocolate and vegetable fat 
coating'', as appropriate. Alternatively, the common or usual name of 
the vegetable derived fat ingredient may be used in the name of the 
food, e.g., ``milk chocolate and ______ oil coating'', the blank being 
filled in with the common or usual name of the specific vegetable fat 
used.