Singapore legislation

Regulation 168

of Food Regulations

Regulation 168

Chocolate

Amended byS 195/2011 wef 15/04/2011

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 195/2011 wef 15/04/2011

Chocolate (chocolate paste, confectioner’s chocolate, chocolate coating or chocolate powder) shall be a preparation of cocoa paste, cocoa powder or cocoa, with or without the addition of —

(a)

cocoa fat;

(b)

sugar;

(c)

spices;

(d)

milk solids;

(e)

permitted emulsifier;

(f)

permitted flavouring agent;

(g)

[Deleted by S 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017](ga)ammonium phosphatides in an amount not exceeding 10,000 ppm; and

(h)

up to 5% of vegetable fat (excluding cocoa fat).

Subregulation 2

No person shall sell any chocolate containing vegetable fat (excluding cocoa fat) unless the package bears a label on which is printed a statement indicating the presence of such vegetable fat.