Know The 5 Types Of Chocolate Bars, Which One Do You Like?

JAKARTA - Chocolate is a food ingredient derived from cocoa beans which has gone through a long process. Chocolate has various flavors and shapes, making it the most popular food for various groups, from parents to small children.

However, not a few people feel confused about the different types of chocolate. To know more about chocolate, let's take a look at the reviews of the types of chocolate that VOI has summarized as reported by Bon Appetit below:

Milk Chocolate

Milk chocolate is a type of chocolate bar with the least cocoa content, which is only around 10-40 percent. The sweetness of milk chocolate comes from the added milk, sugar, and flavorings. This additional ingredient makes milk chocolate sweeter and has a soft texture.

Semi-Sweet Chocolate

This type of semi-sweet chocolate bar can be consumed directly or used as an ingredient in cakes. Semi-sweet chocolate contains about 60 percent cocoa and 40 percent sugar. More when compared to milk chocolate.

White Chocolate

White chocolate does not contain cocoa and is only made from 20 percent cocoa fat, cocoa butter, sugar, and milk as a flavor enhancer. Made from brown fat, this type of chocolate bar has a white color.

It's too sweet and creamy, making white chocolate rarely consumed or processed as a snack. Even so, white chocolate is perfect for complementing a drink or food with a bitter taste.

Dark Chocolate

This type of chocolate bar has a deep black color and contains more than 70 percent cocoa. Dark chocolate can be consumed directly or as an ingredient in drinks and food. In addition, dark chocolate is also considered to have many health benefits, especially psychological.

Unsweetened Chocolate

Unsweetened chocolate is made from 100 percent cocoa with no added sugar in it. This type of chocolate bar is only mixed with liquid cocoa or cocoa butter.

Unsweetened chocolate has a bitter taste making it less suitable for direct consumption and is more often used as a base for making cakes. Brownies and black forest cake is a type of cake made from unsweetened chocolate.