Directive 2000/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2000/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2000 relating to cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption

(a)

they are non-lauric vegetable fats, which are rich in symmetrical monounsaturated triglycerides of the type POP, POSt and StOSt(1);

(b)

they are miscible in any proportion with cocoa butter, and are compatible with its physical properties (melting point and crystallisation temperature, melting rate, need for tempering phase);

(c)

they are obtained only by the processes of refining and/or fractionation, which excludes enzymatic modification of the triglyceride structure.

(1)

P (palmitic acid), O (oleic acid), St (stearic acid).