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It might seem that a material that looks like chocolate, smells like chocolate, and tastes like chocolate, must indeed be chocolate. Not necessarily, if it is a compound coating. Loosely, a compound coating is any material that looks, smells and even tastes like chocolate but that, for one reason or another, does not meet the legal requirements (Standard of Identity) of chocolate and so, cannot be called chocolate. That is, a compound coating contains an ingredient (or ingredients) not specified in the Standard of Identity or a permitted ingredient not at the right proportion to fit within the Standard of Identity. For example, the fat phase may be a different fat than cocoa butter, a nonnutritive sweetener may be used in the coating or the coating may contain flavors not specified for chocolate.
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Thanks to Adam Lechter (Clasen Quality Chocolate) and Thomas McBrayer (Fuji Vegetable Oils) for contributing to this chapter.
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Hartel, R.W., von Elbe, J.H., Hofberger, R. (2018). Compound Coatings. In: Confectionery Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61742-8_16
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