# Chocolate liquor — What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table

For Chocolate liquor, cfr section is 21 CFR 163.111; category (cfr part) is Cacao Products; composition requirements is Chocolate liquor contains not less than 50 percent nor more than 60 percent by weight of cacao fat, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 163.111 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standardized food:** Chocolate liquor _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category (CFR part):** Cacao Products _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Composition requirements:** Chocolate liquor contains not less than 50 percent nor more than 60 percent by weight of cacao fat _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 163.111 Chocolate liquor. ( a ) Description. ( 1 ) Chocolate liquor is the solid or semiplastic food prepared by finely grinding cacao nibs. The fat content of the food may be adjusted by adding one or more of the optional ingredients specified in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.111#p-163.111(b)(1)> paragraph (b)(1) of this section to the cacao nibs. Chocolate liquor contains not less than 50 percent nor more than 60 percent by weight of cacao fat

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-163

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11.
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