A chocolate percentage relates to the ratio of chocolate (usually cocoa) in the products as compared to the amount of all other ingredients also in the product. No chocolate percentage usually means it is white chocolate. Low percentages means milk chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, bakers chocolate, or similar types. 60% and higher almost always indicates Dark Chocolate.
The percentage of semi-sweet chocolate in this recipe is 40.
The cocoa percentage in milk chocolate is typically around 10-20.
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It means the percentage of cocoa that used to make the chocolate. 85% is very dark chocolate, for example, is quite bitter and actually the healthiest of chocolates. Milk chocolate contains approximately 20% cocoa.
The higher the percentage on the package, the more the cocoa.
about 98%
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40%
A very large majority.
Dagoba chocolate founded by Frederick Schilling in 2001 is a premium brand of organic chocolate. A Dagoba chocolate bar is guaranteed to be 95% organic.
Xocoati led to the discovery of chocolate. Xocoati was pure cacao, and had no sugar in it. When the Spaniards tried it, they thought the drink was too biter. So they added sugar to it.