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Belgian dark chocolate on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Belgian dark chocolate is a kind of dark chocolate. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 138 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does belgian dark chocolate contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link belgian dark chocolate to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is belgian dark chocolate vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of belgian dark chocolate are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. It is vegetarian.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does belgian dark chocolate have on a label?

In English belgian dark chocolate can also read “dark belgian chocolate”. On European labels it is “chocolat noir belge” in French, “belgische dunkle Schokolade” in German and “cioccolato fondente belga” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishdark belgian chocolate
French
chocolat noir belge
German
belgische dunkle Schokolade, dunkle belgische Schokolade
Italian
cioccolato fondente belga
Dutch
Belgische pure chocolade
Croatian
belgijska tamna čokolada

Which foods contain belgian dark chocolate?

Open Food Facts lists belgian dark chocolate in the ingredients of 138 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ice cream and sweets. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, France and the United States.

  • Biscuits and cakes47
  • Ice cream7
  • Sweets6
  • Dairy desserts4
  • Pastries3
  • Chocolate3

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 83 · France 23 · United States 14 · Ireland 7.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where belgian dark chocolate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is belgian dark chocolate?

Belgian dark chocolate is a kind of dark chocolate.

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Belgian dark chocolate
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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