# Cocoa with dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate for manufacturing — What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table

For Cocoa with dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate for manufacturing, cfr section is 21 CFR 163.117; category (cfr part) is Cacao Products; composition requirements is the food additive contains dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (complying with the requirements of  § 172.810 of this chapter , including the limit of not more than 0.4 percent by weight of the finished food additive), recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 163.117 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standardized food:** Cocoa with dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate for manufacturing _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category (CFR part):** Cacao Products _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Composition requirements:** the food additive contains dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (complying with the requirements of  § 172.810 of this chapter , including the limit of not more than 0.4 percent by weight of the finished food additive). _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 163.117 Cocoa with dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate for manufacturing. ( a ) Description. Cocoa with dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate for manufacturing is the food additive complying with the provisions prescribed in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-172.520> § 172.520 of this chapter . It conforms to the definition and standard of identity, and is subject to the requirements for label declaration of ingredients, for breakfast cocoa in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.112> § 163.112 , or for cocoa in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.113> § 163.113 , or for lowfat cocoa in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.114> § 163.114 , except that the food additive contains dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (complying with the requirements of <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-172.810> § 172.810 of this chapter , including the limit of not more than 0.4 percent by weight of the finished food additive).

## 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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