# Mixed dairy product chocolates — What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table

For Mixed dairy product chocolates, cfr section is 21 CFR 163.145; category (cfr part) is Cacao Products; composition requirements is The finished mixed dairy product chocolates shall contain not less than 12 percent by weight of total milk solids derived from those dairy products referred to in  paragraph (a)(1) of this section, exclusive of any added sweetener or other dairy-derived ingredient that is added beyond that amount that is normally present in the specified dairy product, and may contain less than 3.39 percent by weight of milkfat, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 163.145 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standardized food:** Mixed dairy product chocolates _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category (CFR part):** Cacao Products _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Composition requirements:** The finished mixed dairy product chocolates shall contain not less than 12 percent by weight of total milk solids derived from those dairy products referred to in  paragraph (a)(1) of this section, exclusive of any added sweetener or other dairy-derived ingredient that is added beyond that amount that is normally present in the specified dairy product, and may contain less than 3.39 percent by weight of milkfat. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 163.145 Mixed dairy product chocolates. ( a ) Description. Mixed dairy product chocolates are the foods that conform to the standard of identity, and are subject to the requirements for label declaration of ingredients for milk chocolate in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.130> § 163.130 , except that: ( 1 ) The optional dairy ingredients for each of the foods are mixtures of two or more of the following: ( i ) Any dairy ingredients specified in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.130> § 163.130 ; ( ii ) Any dairy ingredients specified in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.135> § 163.135 ; ( iii ) Any dairy ingredients specified in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.140> § 163.140 ; or ( iv ) Malted milk; and ( 2 ) The finished mixed dairy product chocolates shall contain not less than 12 percent by weight of total milk solids derived from those dairy products referred to in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.145#p-163.145(a)(1)> paragraph (a)(1) of this section, exclusive of any added sweetener or other dairy-derived ingredient that is added beyond that amount that is normally present in the specified dairy product, and may contain less than 3.39 percent by weight of milkfat.

## 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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