The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved a law defining minimum cocoa percentages for chocolate products, eliminating the designations of bittersweet and semisweet.
On Tuesday, the Chamber of Deputies in Brazil approved a legislative proposal that establishes minimum cocoa percentages required in chocolate production, alongside mandating that these percentages be displayed on product labels. This symbolic vote follows previous approval in the Senate in April of last year, but due to modifications made to the original text, it will be revisited by the Senate for further consideration. The inclusion of the proposal in the Chamber's agenda was reportedly a response to requests from cocoa-producing states like Bahia, EspÃrito Santo, and Pará.
One significant change in the newly approved legislation is the abolishment of the terms "bittersweet" and "semisweet" for chocolate products. According to the proposed changes, chocolates labeled as such must contain at least 35% total cocoa solids. Products meeting this threshold will simply be referred to as
