Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels

Bite into a chocolate-covered pretzel that feels faintly waxy and youhave met compound chocolate without being told its name. The wholedifference is one ingredient: cocoa butter, which melts near 34 degreesCelsius, versus a cheaper palm or coconut fat that does not. UnitedStates Food and Drug Administration standards keep the word "chocolate"off the front of the package when that swap happens. Here is what theregulation requires, and three checks that settle it in seconds.