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Taiwan to Reclassify “Chocolate Products”

The Food and Drug Administration in Taiwan announced that regulations regarding products labeled as chocolate will be revised starting January 1, 2022. The new regulations will apply to chocolate products that contain fillings in particular. Until now, many products labeled “chocolate” consisted of very little genuine cocoa. Under the new regulations, products with a minimal amount of real cocoa will not be permitted to include “chocolate” on the label.

The new “Regulations on the Name and Labeling of Chocolate” require that a product’s total ingredients be at least 25% chocolate and words such as “filling” or “processing” be clearly labeled. Further, vegetable oil content cannot exceed 5% of a product’s total weight. The revisions were made as the original standards set in 2016 were not comprehensive. Starting in 2022, many of the products currently labeled “chocolate” will likely be rebranded as “cocoa-flavored” or something similar.

不純 OUT！臺灣推巧克力品名新制

臺灣食藥署宣布，標示為巧克力產品的相關規定將於 2022 年元旦起修訂。新的規定將特別針對含餡的巧克力產品。目前市面上許多標示「巧克力」的產品，純可可含量極少。在新制之下，純可可含量太少的產品在標籤品名上不得包含「巧克力」的字樣。

新修訂的《巧克力之品名及標示規定》要求產品其巧克力含量至少須達百分之二十五，且須明確標示「含餡」或「加工」等字樣。此外，植物油的含量不可超過產品總重的百分之五。這幾項修訂是因為原本在 2016 年制定的標準不夠完善。從 2022 年起，許多現在標示「巧克力」的產品可能會改標示「可可風味」或其他類似的名稱。（取材自《常春藤生活英語》）

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