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Ingredient dictionary

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

Dark chocolate is a kind of 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 13,157 products, most often in biscuits and cakes. Per 100 g: about 591 kcal and 10 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does dark chocolate contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link 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 dark chocolate vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of 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 dark chocolate have on a label?

In English dark chocolate can also read “black chocolate” or “plain chocolate”. On European labels it is “chocolat noir” in French, “Bitterschokolade” in German and “chocolate negro” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishblack chocolateplain chocolate

French: chocolat noir
German: Bitterschokolade, dunkle Schokolade
Spanish: chocolate negro, chocolate amargo
Italian: cioccolato fondente
Dutch: pure chocola, pure chocolade
Portuguese: chocolate amargo
Polish: gorzka czekolada, czekolada gorzka
Swedish: mörk choklad
Danish: mørk chokolade
Norwegian: mørk sjokolade, vanlig sjokolade
Finnish: tumma suklaa
Czech: hořká čokoláda
Hungarian: étcsokoládé
Croatian: tamna čokolada
Turkish: bitter çikolata

Which foods contain dark chocolate?

Open Food Facts lists dark chocolate or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 13,157 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and chocolate. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Biscuits and cakes3,563
Sweets2,515
Chocolate1,023
Breakfast cereals743
Ice cream384
Dairy desserts296

Products with it, by country of sale: France 5,565 · United States 4,155 · Germany 967 · United Kingdom 830.

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

How many calories are in dark chocolate?

Dark chocolate has about 591 kcal per 100 g, with 10 g protein, 27 g carbohydrate and 46 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Dark chocolate bar, more than 70% cocoa” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

591kcal per 100 g

10g protein

27g carbohydrate

46g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 18 g, saturated fat 29 g, fibre 13 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 2,450 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 31074 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is dark chocolate?

Dark chocolate is a kind of chocolate.

Kinds of dark chocolateDark chocolate chunks Belgian dark chocolateDark chocolate with sweetenersOrganic dark chocolate

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

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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.

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