# Sweet cocoa and vegetable fat coating — What a food must legally contain to use its name: FDA standards of identity, in one table

For Sweet cocoa and vegetable fat coating, cfr section is 21 CFR 163.150; category (cfr part) is Cacao Products; composition requirements is the finished food contains not less than 6.8 percent by weight of nonfat cacao solids, calculated on a moisture-free basis; what separates it from neighbours is The requirement in  § 163.123(a)(2) limiting the total milk solids content to less than 12 percent by weight does not apply, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 163.150 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Standardized food:** Sweet cocoa and vegetable fat coating _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category (CFR part):** Cacao Products _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Composition requirements:** the finished food contains not less than 6.8 percent by weight of nonfat cacao solids, calculated on a moisture-free basis _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What separates it from neighbours:** The requirement in  § 163.123(a)(2) limiting the total milk solids content to less than 12 percent by weight does not apply _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 163.150 Sweet cocoa and vegetable fat coating. ( a ) Description. Sweet cocoa and vegetable fat coating is the food that conforms to the definition and standard of identity, and is subject to the requirements for label declaration of ingredients for sweet chocolate in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.123> § 163.123 , except that: ( 1 ) In the preparation of the product, cocoa or a mixture of cocoa and chocolate liquor is used in such quantity that the finished food contains not less than 6.8 percent by weight of nonfat cacao solids, calculated on a moisture-free basis; ( 2 ) One or more optional ingredients specified in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.150#p-163.150(b)> paragraph (b) of this section are used; and ( 3 ) The requirement in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-163.123#p-163.123(a)(2)> § 163.123(a)(2) limiting the total milk solids content to less than 12 percent by weight does not apply

## 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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