White Chocolate must contain at least 20% cocoa butter, 14% milk solids, and 3.5% milk fat.

This chocolate does not include any of the non-fat ingredients from cacao, causing an off-white color. The percentage of cocoa solids in white chocolate is so low that some countries do not even consider it chocolate. This chocolate has a pleasant taste.

Sweet Chocolate

(15-34% Cacao Content) It contains at least 15% unsweetened chocolate and less than 12% milk solids. Sweet Chocolate is more commonly called Dark Chocolate, although it has a lower cacao content than Bittersweet Chocolate. Milk chocolate tastes sweet. Milk chocolate usually contains 10-20% cocoa solids.

It contains more than 12% milk solids, and 3.39% milk fat, that is why it is called milk chocolate. Cocoa solids are made of cocoa and cocoa butter.

Bittersweet Chocolate

(35-85% Cacao Content) A sweetened dark chocolate is bittersweet chocolate. It contains at least 35% cocoa solids and less than 12% milk solids. The better varieties of bittersweet chocolates have 60-85% cocoa solids. It is high in its cocoa content and low in sugar, giving you a flavor that is rich and intense. This category has many names including Bittersweet, Semi-Sweet, Dark, Extra Dark or Extra Bittersweet Chocolate.

Unsweetened chocolate

This chocolate is bitter. It is almost made of 100% cocoa solids, and half of it might be cocoa butter (fat).