SCHEDULE 1COCOA AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS AND THEIR RESERVED DESCRIPTIONS
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| The fat obtained from cocoa beans or parts of cocoa beans with the following characteristics:—
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| The product obtained by converting into powder cocoa beans which have been cleaned, shelled and roasted, and which contains not less than 20 per cent cocoa butter, calculated according to the weight of the dry matter, and not more than 9 per cent water. |
| Cocoa powder containing less than 20 per cent cocoa butter, calculated according to the weight of the dry matter. |
| The product consisting of a mixture of cocoa powder and sugars, containing not less than 32 per cent cocoa powder. |
| The product consisting of a mixture of cocoa powder a sugars, containing not less than 25 per cent cocoa powder. |
| The product consisting of a mixture of cocoa powder specified at item 2(b) and sugars, containing not less than 25 per cent of such cocoa powder. |
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| The product obtained from cocoa products, sugars and milk or milk products which contains —
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| The product obtained from cocoa butter, milk or milk products and sugars which contains not less than 20 per cent cocoa butter and not less than 14 per cent dry milk solids obtained by partly or wholly dehydrating whole milk, semi- skimmed or skimmed milk, cream, or from partly or wholly dehydrated cream, butter or milk fat, of which not less than 3.5 per cent is milk fat. |
| The filled product, the outer part of which consists of a product specified in column 2 of item 3, 4, 5 or 6 of this Schedule and constitutes not less than 25 per cent of the total weight of the product, but does not include any filled product, the inside of which consists of bakery products, pastry, biscuit or edible ice. |
| The product obtained from cocoa products, sugars, and flour or starch from wheat, rice or maize, which contains not less than 35 per cent total dry cocoa solids, including not less than 18 per cent cocoa butter and not less than 14 per cent dry non-fat cocoa solids, and not more than 8 per cent flour or starch. |
| The product obtained from cocoa products, sugars, and flour or starch from wheat, rice or maize, which contains not less than 30 per cent total dry cocoa solids, including not less than 18 per cent cocoa butter and not less than 12 per cent dry non-fat cocoa solids, and not more than 18 per cent flour or starch. |
| The product in single mouthful size, consisting of:—
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Notes1
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Subject to regulation 3 and paragraph (2) of this Note, other edible substances may also be added to the designated chocolate products specified in column 2 of items 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of this Schedule:
Provided that this paragraph does not authorise the addition —
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of animal fats and their preparations not deriving solely from milk; or
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of flours, granular and powdered starch other than in accordance with the definitions specified in column 2 of items 8 and 9 of this Schedule; or
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of other edible substances in a quantity exceeding 40 per cent of the total weight of the finished product.
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Only those flavourings which do not mimic the taste of chocolate or of milk fat may be added to the designated products specified in column 2 of items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of this Schedule.
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The minimum contents of the designated chocolate products specified in column 2 of items 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of this Schedule shall be calculated after deduction of the weight of other edible substances provided for in Note 1 to this Schedule.
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In the case of the designated chocolate products specified in column 2 of items 7 and 10 of this Schedule, the minimum contents shall be calculated after deducting the weight of other edible substances provided for in Note 1 to this Schedule, as well as the weight of the filling.
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The chocolate contents of the designated chocolate products specified in column 2 of items 7 and 10 of this Schedule shall be calculated in relation to the total weight of the finished product, including its filling.
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In this Schedule, “sugars” includes sugars covered by Council Directive 2001/111/ECM1 and other sugars.